Best Practices for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care

Executive Summary

The National Health Law Program’s Doula Medicaid Project is proud to publish its Best Practices for Medicaid Coverage of Doula. This Best Practices publication collects the key takeaways, strategies, guiding principles, innovations, and other recommendations from all of the work that has been taking place across the country since the start of the Doula Medicaid Project in 2018. Our goal is for this collection of Best Practices to help guide the strategies, decisions, and priorities of all types of stakeholders invested in Medicaid coverage of doula care.