Medicaid Coverage for Birth Doula Care!

Currently Oregon and Washington Medicaid covers birth doula care.

In Oregon we take the following CCO’s.

  • Kaiser Permanent* - Medicaid - Doula Love is a Preferred Provider

  • Care Oregon - Medicaid

  • Providence Health Assurance* - Medicaid

  • PacificSource Community Solutions* - Medicaid

  • Trillium Community Health Plan - Medicaid

  • Yamhill Community Care - Medicaid

  • OHSU Health Net/Tuality* - Medicaid

  • OHP Open Card

*Health Share of Oregon

We currently have THW/Medicaid Eligible Doulas in Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill, Polk, and Marion Counties. Find a Doula in other Counties

In Washington - DL will start taking due dates after 4/2025

Currently in Washington Doula claims will be made directly to HCA ( Health Care Authority). Doulas are not required to contract with individual Medicaid Health Plans.

Since 2013 Doula Love has been committed to providing high quality professional doula care to all birthing families in Oregon & Washington regardless of their ability to pay.

In 2022 …..

Doula Love NTSV Rates for Medicaid Eligible families.

The C-section rate among low-risk, first birth (also called Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex (NTSV) Cesarean Birth Rate), is the proportion of live babies born at or beyond 37.0 weeks gestation to individuals in their first pregnancy, that are singleton (no twins or beyond) and in the vertex (head down) presentation.