Covered California will exclude hospitals with high rates of C-sections http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160421/NEWS/160429983 By Maria Castellucci | April 21, 2016 Covered California, the state’s insurance exchange, will exclude hospitals with high rates of C-sections in an effort to reduce the overall number of medically unnecessary cesarean births, which can be costly and carry higher risks for mother and […]
April 2016
C-section overuse adds to maternal, infant deaths http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151201/NEWS/151209985 By Sabriya Rice | December 1, 2015 Far too many women in the U.S. continue to give birth by cesarean section, leading to unnecessarily high rates of maternal and infant deaths, according to research published in JAMA. About 33% of pregnant women in the U.S. deliver babies via […]
