How should a care coordinator refer a Medicaid member to doula care in New York?

Start with New York Medicaid doula services, confirm Medicaid eligibility and payer type in your own system, use official state or plan links, and tell the member to confirm the doula accepts the member's plan before scheduling.

Should I enter member details?

No. Keep names, IDs, dates of birth, service dates, clinical notes, and plan records in your organization's approved system.

New York referral requirements

How to refer a Medicaid member to covered doula care in New York

Use New York Medicaid doula services sources to help a Medicaid member find and confirm doula support. Keep private member intake in your compliant system.

Open official source Find a doula

Confirm eligibility and plan in your own compliant system.

Use official program or directory links.

Do not send client details through public forms.

What to tell the member

Share program and referral requirements. Add member details only inside your organization's approved system.

Program requirements

Program: New York Medicaid doula services
Referral or recommendation: Use the current statewide standing order or another valid practitioner order; use Z32.2 for prenatal/labor and Z32.3 for postpartum where the eMedNY fee schedule requires it.
Registry or provider setup: Enroll as an individual or group eMedNY doula provider before billing FFS or contracting with Medicaid Managed Care plans.
Payer path: eMedNY for FFS; member's Medicaid Managed Care plan for MMC dates of service

Client privacy reminder

Do not put member names, Medicaid IDs, dates of birth, service dates, claim numbers, visit notes, or diagnoses in public forms, screenshots, or shared links.

Official links

Fee-for-service doula directoryNew York State Department of Health Medicaid doula servicesNew York State Department of Health Medicaid doula servicesNew York State Department of Health

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