Medicaid funding shortfall shutters statewide program helping moms and babies

Without Medicaid, NC perinatal collaborative faces deadly closure

by Jennifer Fernandez, North Carolina Health News October 30, 2025   By Jennifer Fernandez On Friday, North Carolina will be the only state in the country to no longer have a statewide collaborative focused on improving perinatal care. The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina stands to lose its entire $905,000 budget on Friday, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed this week in an ema…

Medicaid funding shortfall shutters statewide program helping moms and babies

By Jennifer Fernandez On Friday, North Carolina will be the only state in the country to no longer have a statewide collaborative focused on improving perinatal care. The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina stands to lose its entire $905,000 budget on Friday, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed this week in an email to NC Health News. She said no DHHS staff were available to speak …