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MomCare Program - FAQs

What is MomCare?

Broward Healthy Start

The Healthy Start (SOBRA) MomCare Program provides outreach services and prenatal care counseling by telephone to women who qualify for Medicaid because they are pregnant and their household income is within 185% of the federal poverty level. The purpose of the program is to ensure early and regular prenatal care to help women have a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby. Each participant is linked with a Maternity Care Advisor who assists her in navigating the healthcare system and understanding her choices while she is pregnant. MomCare is sponsored by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) and Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).

How will it help you?

When you find out that you are pregnant, you may have these questions, and MomCare can help:

  • What do I do?
  • Where do I go for prenatal care?
  • How do I get the extra help that I need?
  • Who do I talk to if I have a problem?

How does it work?

Once you are approved for pregnancy (SOBRA) Medicaid, a caring Maternity Care Advisor (MCA) will be assigned to you to help answer your questions. Your MCA will assist you in getting medical care and services such as WIC, childbirth, parenting and breastfeeding classes or counseling, if needed.

How can your Maternity Care Advisor (MCA) help you?

  • Provide assistance in choosing a prenatal care provider.
  • Follow-up phone calls to ensure you are keeping healthcare appointments.
  • Transportation assistance may be available, if needed.
  • WIC nutrition program information and referral.
  • Referral for Healthy Start services, when needed.
  • Access and referrals to other community resources.
  • Assistance in choosing a pediatrician for your newborn prior to delivery.
  • Instructions on how to obtain or apply for the baby’s Medicaid.
  • Assistance in accessing family planning/birth control services after delivery.
  • Educational information by mail

Choosing a Doctor or Midwife

It is important for you to contact the MomCare Program and provide the name of your doctor or midwife as soon as you are approved for Medicaid. If you have not already chosen your doctor or midwife, your MCA will help you find one close to your home. It is important for you to make this decision soon because early prenatal care helps to reduce pregnancy complications. If you do not contact your MCA within 30 days, the MomCare Program will choose a doctor or midwife for you that is within a 30-minute drive from your home. We look forward to helping you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

For more information on the MomCare program, call 954-567-7174.

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