Maternal Health Outreach

Care Management for High-Risk Pregnancies (CMHRP)

Care management services are available to individuals who are pregnant or in their postpartum period who are enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid. Our care managers are registered nurses who work with you and your prenatal care provider to ensure you receive the best possible care while you are pregnant and after you deliver your baby.

Your Care Manager Can Help You By:

• Providing accurate information and tips to assist you in following your provider’s plan to help you have a healthy pregnancy
• Coordinating your care across all your providers.
• Helping link you with needed services and referrals for things such as medical and dental care, transportation, food and/or stable housing (when available).
• Referring you to other programs, like childbirth or breastfeeding education classes, family planning, and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program.
• Offering information and tips to take care of yourself during pregnancy and after you deliver.
• Helping you manage your medications. • Meeting with you after you have been in the hospital or the emergency room.
• Assisting you in follow-up appointments and answering questions.

For more information or to ask for this service, talk to your prenatal doctor or contact us at 828-694-6091. In addition, another agency such as WIC may send a referral, or your doctor may give us information that results in a contact.

Check out the CMHRP brochure for more information

Postpartum and Infant Home Visit Assessment 

A Henderson County Department of Public Health Nurse provides postpartum home visits that include:

• Home visit from a public health nurse
• Health assessment for both mother and newborn
• Social support and educational resources
• Information on immunizations, baby safety, infant feeding, safe sleep and more