HEDIS tips for prenatal care and well-child visits

This is part of an ongoing series of articles focusing on the tools and resources available to help FEP members manage their health.

Encouraging prenatal visits for pregnant patients, especially during the first trimester, increases the likelihood of a positive outcome during delivery and start to life. And encouraging regular well-child visits after delivery is a big part of keeping the momentum of a positive start going.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan developed the following HEDIS^® tip sheets to assist health care providers and their staff in efforts to improve overall health care quality:

• Prenatal Care (PPC)
• Well-child Visits in the First 30 months of Life (W30)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program^® Standard and Basic Option pregnant members can also participate in the Pregnancy Care Incentive Program and be eligible to earn a free Pregnancy Care Box. All FEP members who are pregnant or nursing can receive one free breast pump kit per calendar year.  

For information on FEP benefits and incentive programs, members and providers can call Customer Service at 1-800-482-3600 or go online to fepblue.org.

HEDIS^®, which stands for Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set, is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.