In today’s edition of Bring It On! hosts Roberta Radovich and Nordia McNish speak with Katherine Lampke, marketing assistant and social media manager with the Hannah Center, and Shelonda Bledsoe, a registered doula, who works closely with the Hannah Center. They are here to talk about their wide-array of services along with ways of “Eliminating Racial and Socio-Economic Disparities in …
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Daily Local News – July 1, 2019
Nicholas Kappas announces his run for the 3rd District city council race; New law increases penalties for violating school bus stop-arms; Doula services to be covered by Medicaid; Unpaid text book rental fees are growing at the MCCSC. FEATURE Podcast producer Jeremy Sheer talks with WFHB correspondent Michael Glab on today’s edition of Big Talk Extra. ACTIVATE Our weekly segment …
Read More »Doula Services to be Covered by Medicaid
Several other new laws take effect today. One allows doula services to be reimbursed by Medicaid. A doula is a nonmedical birth coach who provides support to the mother before during and after birth. According to research published in the Journal of Perinatal Education, doula-assisted mothers are less likely to experience complications at birth. In his 2018 state of the …
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