Suzanne speaks with Malini Nijagal, MD, MPH, of UCSF to learn what motivated her new call to action in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The April 2018 publication outlines how maternity care providers can prepare for the shift to value-based payment, a shift Malini and CPR know has been direly needed and is finally beginning to gain momentum with the growing presence of bundled or episode-based payments. Malini delves into how episode-based payments can unlock higher-quality maternity care and even help address our nation’s maternal mortality crisis among African-American women.
Malini Nijagal is an associate professor at UCSF School of Medicine with a focus on high-value care; she has published strong evidence for the role of laborists and midwives in improving Cesarean delivery rates. Malini’s newest article, co-authored with Dr. Neel Shah and Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD, is available FOR FREE until May 16, 2018 through this link. Help CPR spread the word in order to increase the use of payment reform to improve maternity care value.