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In 2018 the Connecticut General Assembly passed legislation granting statutory authority to the Department of Public Health to convene a muliti-disciplinary Connecticut Maternal Mortality Review Committee in order to not only review pregnancy-associated deaths but also to develop recommendations for action. The first meeting was convened in September 2018 and the first cases were reviewed under statutory protection in December 2018. The committee has 28 members, meets monthly and reviews all pregnancy-associated deaths, defined as those deaths that occurred within one year of the end of a pregnancy, regardless of the outcome. The most recent year completed were 2020 deaths and data are still being analyzed. In the most recent CT MMR Evaluation Report of 2015-2019 cases, of the 62 pregnancy-associated deaths 25 (40%) were found to be pregnancy-related. Our mission is to review all pregnancy-associated deaths, identify those that are pregnancy-related and develop recommendations to reduce subsequent risk.

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Contacts
Primary
Name
Donna C. Maselli
Credentials
RN, MPH
Title
CT MMRC Co-chair, Public Health Services Manager Women's Health & Prevention Unit
Affiliation
CT DPH
MMRC Role
Chair or Co-Chair
State Agency Leadership
Email
donna.maselli@ct.gov
Phone
860-509-7505
Secondary
Name
Audrey Merriam
Credentials
MD
Title
CT MMRC Co-chair
Affiliation
CT State Medical Society, Yale New Haven Hospital
MMRC Role
Chair or Co-Chair
Email
audrey.merriam@yale.edu
Phone
203-785-7813
Primary
Name
Tina McCarthy
Credentials
BS
Title
Epidemiologist
Affiliation
CT DPH
MMRC Role
Coordinator
Principal Investigator
Email
tina.mccarthy@ct.gov
Phone
860 509-8193
Name
Iva Kosutic
Credentials
PhD
Title
Director
Affiliation
Partners in Social Research, LLC
MMRC Role
Evaluator
Email
iva@psr4u.com
Sources of Funding
ERASE MM
Yes
STATE MATERNAL HEALTH INNOVATION
No
TITLE V MCH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Yes
STATE BUDGET
No
Scope of cases reviewed
All pregnancy-associated deaths (All deaths of women while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy, due to any cause)
Individuals, Disciplines, and Organizations Represented on Review
Organizations Core Disciplines Specialty Disciplines
Academic Institutions
Behavioral Health Agencies
Community-Based Doula Program
Federally Qualified Health Centers
Healthy Start Agencies
Hospitals/Hospital Association
Professional Assoc. State Chapters
State Medicaid Agency
State Medical Society
Violence Prevention Agencies
Community Advocates
Community Birth Workers
Family Medicine
Forensic Pathology
Maternal Fetal Medicine/Perinatology
Nurse Midwifery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Patient Safety
Patient/Family Advocate
Perinatal Nursing
Psychiatry
Public Health
Social Work
Addiction Counseling
Cardiology
Emergency Response
Epidemiology
Home Nursing
Mental Health Provider
Public Health Nursing

Success Stories

Connecticut Success Story - Expanding Medicaid Coverage to One Year (Apr 2022)


Connecticut passed the extension of coverage to Medicaid eligible pregnant and postpartum women to one-year postpartum.

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State Materials
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CT Maternal Mortality Review Committee Recommendations 2021
CT MMRC
2021
CT Maternal Mortality Review Committee Recommendations, October 2021
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Connecticut MMR Program Fact Sheet (2020)
2020
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Connecticut Maternal Mortality Review Evaluation Report 2015-2017
Connecticut Maternal Mortality Review Program
2021
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Connecticut Social Determinants of Health Discrimination Screening Tool (2020)
2020
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Connecticut Maternal Mortality in CT Evaluation Report 2015-2019
Partners in Social Research, LLC
2020
This report provides an analysis of all pregnancy-associated deaths that occurred between 2015 and 2019.
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Connecticut State Statute
2020
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