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Massachusetts' innovative policy approach to expanding contraceptive options in primary care. | LitMetric

Massachusetts' innovative policy approach to expanding contraceptive options in primary care.

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Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, United States.

Published: September 2023

AI Article Synopsis

  • The shift towards value-based care and the impact of the Roe vs. Wade reversal have increased the focus on contraception as an essential health service.
  • The U.S. has a problematic history of contraceptive policies that have negatively affected marginalized groups, including people of color and those with disabilities.
  • Massachusetts' Medicaid program has launched an initiative to expand access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in primary care clinics, offering financial incentives to serve all patients and aiming to promote reproductive justice and overall value in healthcare.

Article Abstract

As health systems pivot toward value-based care and as the reversal of Roe vs Wade has significantly decreased access to abortion care in the United States, contraception is increasingly recognized as a high-value health service. However, the United States has a long and troubling history of using contraceptive policies and practices, including forced sterilization, to limit the reproductive rights of people of color and individuals with disabilities. We hope to highlight an innovative program developed by Massachusetts' Medicaid program, which seeks to expand access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) within primary care clinics in a way that promotes both value and reproductive justice. This program provides financial incentives for clinics that serve patients with Medicaid to offer LARC to all patients within the primary care space. Unlike LARC programs that exclusively target patients with Medicaid insurance and provide incentivizes based on number of LARC insertions, this policy has the potential to "lift all boats" and expand access to LARC for all patients regardless of payer. Careful evaluation of this program will be necessary to ensure that the intended outcomes-to increase access to LARC, promote reproductive justice, and deliver value to the health system-are achieved.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10986274PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxad035DOI Listing

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