The Momnibus: Tech to Save Moms Act

Introduced by Rep. Nikema Williams and Senator Bob Menendez

Background

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has offered several recommendations to leverage the use of telehealth to improve maternal health outcomes, including expanding remote patient monitoring and promoting virtual training and capacity building models.21 Digital tools are not the only solution to America’s maternal health crisis, but 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 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 BlackMaternalHealthCaucus@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 modelsthat 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. A Better Balance
  3. ACA Consumer Advocacy
  4. ACHNE
  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 College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  16. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  17. American Heart Association
  18. American Muslim Health Professionals
  19. American Nurses Association
  20. American Psychological Association
  21. American Public Health Association
  22. American Telemedicine Association
  23. Ancient Song
  24. Anxiety and Depression Association of America
  25. Arika Trim Foundation
  26. Association of Black Cardiologists
  27. Association of Black Women Physicians
  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. Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. (BMMA)
  39. Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association
  40. Black Women Birthing Justice, Inc
  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. Center for Reproductive Rights
  56. Champaign County Health Care Consumers
  57. Children's Health Fund
  58. Cityblock Health
  59. Commonsense Childbirth Inc.
  60. Community Catalyst
  61. Deans' Nursing Policy Coalition
  62. Diversity Uplifts, Inc.
  63. DONA International
  64. Dr. Shalon's Maternal Action Project
  65. EcoMadres
  66. EverThrive Illinois
  67. Every Mother Counts
  68. Families USA
  69. Federation of American Hospitals
  70. Fibroid Foundation
  71. First Focus Campaign for Children
  72. Futures Without Violence
  73. GA Maternal Fetal Health Alliance
  74. GLO Preemies
  75. Glow Birth & Body and The Birth Deck
  76. Grow Midwives, LLC
  77. Hackensack Meridian Health
  78. Harambee Birth and Family Center (HBFC)
  79. Health Tech for Medicaid (HT4M)
  80. HealthConnect One
  81. Healthy Birth Day Inc.
  82. HealthyWomen
  83. Heluna Health
  84. HIMSS
  85. HIMSS
  86. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda
  87. Ingram Screening, LLC
  88. International OCD Foundation
  89. Lamaze International
  90. Lifeline for Families Center and Lifeline for Moms Program at UMass Chan Medical School
  91. Living Well Black
  92. Luna Tierra Birth Center
  93. Majaica
  94. Malone Center
  95. Mamatoto Village
  96. March for Moms
  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. NARAL Pro-Choice America
  114. Narrative Nation Inc.
  115. National Alliance to impact the Social Determinants of Health (NASDOH)
  116. National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)
  117. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
  118. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
  119. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
  120. National Association of School Nurses
  121. National Health Law Program
  122. National Healthy Start Association
  123. National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
  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 Partnership for Women & Families
  130. National Perinatal Task Force
  131. National Rural Health Association
  132. National Student Nurses' Association
  133. National Urban League
  134. National WIC Association
  135. National Women's Law Center
  136. Nemours Children's Health
  137. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
  138. New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
  139. Nurse-Family Partnership
  140. Nurses for America
  141. Nzuri Doula Services
  142. Ob Hospitalist Group
  143. Once Upon A Preemie, Inc
  144. PA Education Association
  145. Pace University
  146. Partners In Health
  147. Poppy Seed Health
  148. Postpartum Support International (PSI)
  149. Power to Decide
  150. Pregnancy Justice
  151. Premier Inc.
  152. Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
  153. Prolacta Bioscience
  154. Protect Our Care
  155. Reach Healthcare - Happy Mama
  156. riskLD
  157. Shades of Blue Project
  158. Sista Midwife Productions
  159. Sister to Sister International, Inc.
  160. SisterReach
  161. SisterReach Illinois
  162. Six Dimensions
  163. SMART Recovery
  164. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  165. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
  166. Society for Women's Health Research
  167. Sojourners
  168. Star Legacy Foundation
  169. Teladoc Health
  170. The Arc of the United States
  171. The Children's Partnership
  172. The Collaborative
  173. The Kennedy Forum
  174. The National Women's Health Network
  175. The Root Cause Coalition
  176. The United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society
  177. Third Way
  178. Trust for America's Health
  179. U.S. Breastfeeding Committee
  180. Union for Reform Judaism
  181. United Against Inequities in Disease
  182. United Church of Christ Justice and Local Church Ministries
  183. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
  184. Urban Baby Beginnings
  185. Urban Mommy Inc
  186. Vitality Wellness Solutions PLLC
  187. What to Expect Project
  188. Wolomi
  189. WomenHeart
  190. ZERO TO THREE

 

21 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities