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Rural Health & Maternity Care: "How Can a Hospital be Birthing-Friendly?" Featuring Karla Weng

Sep 18, 2025
15:31

Episode Description

On this episode of Rural Health Today, we’re revisiting our season on maternity care for a Rural Health Answers episode, where we ask our guest a question or two about something our listeners want to know. JJ is asking Karla Weng, Director of Program Management at Stratis Health, “What is the CMS Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure and how can critical access hospitals attain the birthing-friendly hospital ranking?”


Resources

The National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC)

AIM | Alliance For Innovation On Maternal Health

Birthing-Friendly Hospitals and Health Systems | Provider Data Catalog

Maternal Morbidity Measure reporting information and attestation guide: Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program Measures


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