The Momnibus: Tech to Save Moms Act

Introduced by Representative Nikema Williams and Senator Ben Ray Lujan

Background

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified “innovative telehealth payment and service delivery models for maternal health in rural and underserved areas” as a key opportunity to improve access to high-quality care for moms, based on lessons learned during the COVID-19 public health emergency.¹ While digital tools are not the only solution to America’s maternal health crisis, they can play an important role in addressing specific challenges facing patients and providers, particularly in underserved areas.

The bipartisan Tech to Save Moms Act makes investments in evidence-based digital tools to reduce maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities – particularly in rural and underserved communities.

For more information or to add your organization’s endorsement to the list below, please email Momnibus@mail.house.gov.

Bill Summary

The Tech to Save Moms Act will:

  1. Require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to consider models that improve the integration of telehealth services in maternal health care.
  2. Provide funding for technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models that will develop and disseminate instructional programming and training for maternity care providers in rural and underserved areas, covering topics such as:
    • Safety and quality improvement.
    • Addressing maternal mental and behavioral health conditions.
    • Identifying social determinants of health risks in the prenatal and postpartum periods.
  3. Establish a grant program to promote digital tools designed to improve maternal health outcomes, particularly in rural and underserved communities.
  4. Commission a comprehensive study on the use of technology in maternity care to reduce maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities.

Click HERE for a printable one-pager on the bill.

Cosponsors

Click HERE for the current list of House cosponsors and HERE for the current list of Senate cosponsors.

Endorsements

The Tech to Save Moms Act is endorsed by the following organizations:

  1. 1,000 Days, an initiative of FHI Solutions
  2. 4Kira4Moms
  3. A Better Balance
  4. ACA Consumer Advocacy 
  5. African American Breastfeeding Network
  6. African Heritage PA Caucus
  7. Alliance to End Hunger
  8. American Academy of Family Physicians
  9. American Academy of Nursing
  10. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  11. American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
  12. American Association of Birth Centers
  13. American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  14. American College of Nurse-Midwives
  15. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  16. American Heart Association
  17. American Muslim Health Professionals
  18. American Nurses Association
  19. American Psychological Association
  20. American Public Health Association
  21. American Telemedicine Association
  22. Ancient Song Doula Services
  23. Anxiety and Depression Association of America
  24. Arika Trim Foundation
  25. Association of Black Cardiologists
  26. Association of Black Women Physicians
  27. Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) 
  28. Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
  29. Association of Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  30. Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN)
  31. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  32. ATA Action
  33. Baby Cafe USA
  34. Babyscripts
  35. Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative
  36. Big Cities Health Coalition
  37. Birthing Beautiful Communities
  38. Birthing Project USA
  39. Black Mamas Village
  40. Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association
  41. Bloom Maternal Health
  42. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)
  43. Blue Shield of California
  44. Bobbie
  45. Boston Medical Center
  46. Breastfeed Durham
  47. Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
  48. BreastfeedLA
  49. California Breastfeeding Coalition
  50. CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association)
  51. Catholic Health Association of the United States
  52. Catholics for Choice
  53. Center for American Progress
  54. Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
  55. Champaign County Health Care Consumers
  56. Changent (Child First & Nurse-Family Partnership)
  57. Children's Health Fund
  58. Cityblock Health
  59. Commonsense Childbirth Inc.
  60. Community Catalyst
  61. Deans' Nursing Policy Coalition
  62. DONA International
  63. Doula Alliance of Arkansas
  64. Dr. Shalon's Maternal Action Project
  65. EcoMadres
  66. Engage: Promoting Women’s Economic Security
  67. EverThrive Illinois
  68. Every Mother Counts
  69. Families USA
  70. Federation of American Hospitals
  71. Fibroid Foundation
  72. First Focus Campaign for Children
  73. Futures Without Violence
  74. GA Maternal Fetal Health Alliance
  75. GLO Preemies
  76. Glow Birth & Body and The Birth Deck
  77. Grow Midwives, LLC
  78. Hackensack Meridian Health
  79. Harambee Doula Care & Holistic Services
  80. Health Tech for Medicaid (HT4M)
  81. HealthConnect One
  82. Healthy Birth Day Inc.
  83. HealthyWomen
  84. Heluna Health
  85. HIMSS
  86. HIMSS
  87. Hustle Mommies
  88. Ingram Screening, LLC
  89. International OCD Foundation
  90. Lamaze International
  91. Lifeline for Families Center and Lifeline for Moms Program at UMass Chan Medical School
  92. Living Well Black
  93. Luna Tierra Birth Center
  94. Mainline Maternity Care
  95. Majaica
  96. Malone Center
  97. March of Dimes
  98. Mary Amelia Center for Women's Health Equity Research
  99. Maternal Applications of Technology for Community Health (MATCH) Coalition
  100. Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
  101. Maternity Care Coalition
  102. Melinated Moms
  103. Mental Health America
  104. Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health
  105. Mom Congres
  106. Mom.ME.
  107. Mom2Mom Global
  108. Momma’s Village Fayetteville
  109. Moms Clean Air Force
  110. MomsRising
  111. Mothering Justice
  112. Mothers Out Front
  113. Narrative Nation Inc.
  114. National Alliance to impact the Social Determinants of Health (NASDOH)
  115. National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)
  116. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
  117. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
  118. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
  119. National Association of School Nurses
  120. National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Chicago-Metropolitan Chapter
  121. National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
  122. National Health Law Program
  123. National Healthy Start Association
  124. National League for Nursing
  125. National Medical Association
  126. National Medical Fellowships, Inc.,
  127. National Organization for Women
  128. National Organization for Women - Hollywood Chapter
  129. National Perinatal Task Force
  130. National Urban League
  131. National WIC Association
  132. National Women's Law Center
  133. Nemours Children's Health
  134. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
  135. New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
  136. Northeast Arkansas Doulas
  137. Nurses for America
  138. Nzuri Doula Services
  139. Ob Hospitalist Group
  140. Once Upon A Preemie, Inc
  141. PA Education Association
  142. Pace University
  143. Partners In Health
  144. Poppy Seed Health
  145. Postpartum Support International (PSI)
  146. Pregnancy Justice
  147. Premier Inc.
  148. Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
  149. Prolacta Bioscience
  150. Reach Healthcare - Happy Mama
  151. riskLD
  152. Roots and River Wellness
  153. Sista Midwife Productions
  154. Sister to Sister International, Inc.
  155. SisterReach
  156. SisterReach Illinois
  157. Six Dimensions
  158. SMART Recovery
  159. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
  160. Society for Women's Health Research
  161. Sojourners
  162. Star Legacy Foundation
  163. Teladoc Health
  164. The Arc of the United States
  165. The Children's Partnership
  166. The Collaborative
  167. The Kennedy Forum
  168. The National Women's Health Network
  169. The Root Cause Coalition
  170. The United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society
  171. Third Way
  172. Trust for America's Health
  173. U.S. Breastfeeding Committee
  174. Union for Reform Judaism
  175. United Against Inequities in Disease
  176. United Church of Christ Justice and Local Church Ministries
  177. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
  178. Urban Baby Beginnings
  179. Urban Mommy Inc
  180. Vitality Wellness Solutions PLLC
  181. What to Expect Project
  182. Wolomi
  183. WomenHeart
  184. ZERO TO THREE

 

 

1 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Advancing Rural Maternal Health Equity