While midwives spend more time with patients, they are reimbursed at 65 percent of the rate paid to physicians. Most of the women of childbearing age who are eligible for Medicare have a chronic or disabling health care condition.
Midwives have a tradition of caring for underserved populations including women with disabilities.
Inc. Certified nurse-midwives are licensed health care practitioners educated in two disciplines of nursing and midwifery. CNMs provide primary care for all women including prenatal care, labor and delivery management, gynecological care, assistance with family planning, and menopausal management. Nurse-midwifery care is covered by many private insurance carriers, Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care programs. These women and men provide care to hundreds of thousands of women each year. ACNM has roots in American health care that date to 1929 and has long been an advocate that the voice of women not be lost in health care debates.