birth centers
Hospitals block much-needed birth centers in the South
When Katie Chubb announced in 2021 she was planning to open a freestanding birth center in Augusta, Georgia, it seemed like everybody in town was excited about it. She met with local physicians and nurses who said they would welcome her Augusta Birth Center as a provider of midwifery services for low-risk pregnancies. Hundreds of […]
Prospects dim for freestanding birth centers in this session
FRANKFORT — Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer said Tuesday that bills aimed at revising the state’s certificate of need requirements “are not moving forward this session.” Among those bills are pieces of legislation aimed at making freestanding birth centers more accessible in the state. Thayer’s comments came during Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Licensing & Occupations […]