• Recent Texas court ruling puts birth center facilities at reimbursement risk. Take action now!
  
  
• URGENT: H1N1 flu outbreak resource listings for midwives
  
  
• FDA requires additional labeling for OTC pain relievers, fever reducers

• New study reveals breastfeeding benefits moms, too

• New study in the British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology finds homebirth as safe as hospital birth.
  
  

• The FDA has updated a previous alert that warned of interaction between ceftriaxone and calcium-containing products, based on previously reported fatal cases in neonates. Read the update for improtant revisions to the full prescribing information for ceftriaxone.
  
  
• Speak Out for Midwifery!
  Support efforts to improve Medicare access to midwifery services.
  
  
• US judge rules FDA must not limit Plan B (morning after pill) access

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issued a call for proposals in the Childhood Obesity area.
  Application deadline: rolling

• Dr. Mary Wakefield, A.C.N.M. Foundation's Therese Dondero lecturer of 1994, will serve as the nation's Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration

• ConsumerReportsHealth.org article suggests a "back to basics" approach in maternity care; highlights Childbirth Connection report findings

• Ther-Rx Corporation has issued a voluntary recall of several prescription prenatal vitamins and iron supplements. Read the FDA alert and the Ther-Rx press release for further details
  
  
• New research available on improving maternity care: Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve reviews the US maternity care system and identifies specific strategies for improvement. A recent Cochrane Review concludes that all women should be offered midwife-led models of care.

• Payers and Policymakers:  Learn more about Homebirth

• Mothers: Take The Birth Survey, an online resource from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.
  
  

• Learn all about midwifery care in the United States

• National Business Group on Health's Investing in Maternal and Child Health recommends health plans develop CNM-friendly benefits to improve quality of care.

• Read May Quick eNews.
  
  
• Use the new, online form to submit a motion for the Annual Meeting business meetings. Paper copies will also be available at the Annual Meeting.
  
  
• ACNM welcomes abstract submissions for the 2010 Annual Meeting. Submissions due July 31.
  
  
• Congratulations to Kelly Moyer, winner of the ACNM Art Contest!

• Pennsylvania finalizes prescriptive authority for CNMs.
  
  
• We submitted comparative research effectiveness (CER) priorities for the Institute of Medicine Committee on CER

• ACNM signs joint letter by US Breastfeeding Committee to editor of the Atlantic in response to "The Case Against Breastfeeding."
  
  

• ACNM 2009 Election Results are in!
  
  
• ACNM sends congratulatory letter to Dr. Mary Wakefield, the nation's new Administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administation (HRSA)

• The Advance Program for the 54th Annual Meeting is right here!
  
  

• New economic stimulus law includes significant funding for midwifery

• We applaud Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on the bipartisan introduction of Medicare equity legislation.
  
  

• ACNM leadership issued our Seven Key Principles of Health Care Reform. For ideas about how you can change principles to action, visit Grassroots Advocacy page under Government Relations tab.

• Read ACNM's letter to President Obama and our 2009 federal policy agenda.

• ACNM partners with other nursing groups to request $200M in funding for nursing and midwifery education.

• Support the A.C.N.M. Foundation in 2009!  Click here to learn more about the many ways you can support the Foundation, or click here to go directly to our donation page.
  
  
• ACNM Presents Free CEU Program for Nurses on performing sterile speculum examinations.

• Staff and volunteers attend many meetings and conferences on behalf of members. Check out ACNM Representing You!
  

News Releases

• ACNM Announces Eileen E. Beard, CNM, FNP, MS as Senior Practice Advisor (March 26)

• Midwives Applaud House Introduction of Medicare Equity Legislation  (February 19)

• ACNM Shares Valentine's Day Message of Good Health with Women (February 11)

• ACNM Announces New Senior Management Team (December 24)

• ACNM Sets Aggressive Federal Policy Agenda (December 22)

• ACNM Welcomes Tina Johnson, CNM, MS, as Director of Professional Practice and Health Policy (December 18)

• ACNM Hires New Communications Manager Yolanda Landon (December 16)