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Medicaid postpartum coverage: 2,351 beneficiaries used extended coverage through May; mental-health services most accessed
Summary
State Medicaid director Henry Littman reported the Medicaid postpartum extension (implemented Oct. 2023) has covered about 2,351 women through May 2025, with mental-health services the leading use and public-health data showing perinatal mental-health conditions link to higher severe maternal morbidity.
Henry Littman, New Hampshire's state Medicaid director, updated the committee on the implementation and utilization of expanded postpartum Medicaid coverage during the Oct. 24 meeting.
Littman said the state completed required Medicaid postpartum coverage by Oct. 2023 and, through May 2025, about 2,351 women had taken advantage of the benefit. The most frequently accessed service categories were…
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