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Pregnancy and Pediatrics

Pregnancy and Pediatrics

Starting a family is exciting, but full of unknowns.

Starting a family is exciting, but full of unknowns.

Highmark Wholecare Medicaid is here to care and provide for you and your baby. Bringing life into the world isn’t easy, but we’re in this together.

Highmark Wholecare Medicaid is here to care and provide for you and your baby. Bringing life into the world isn’t easy, but we’re in this together.

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How Medicaid Helps

Highmark Wholecare offers a range of benefits and programs. We take care of you during your pregnancy and after the birth of your child. 

  • Nurse midwife services
  • Certified pediatric and family nurse practitioner services
  • Freestanding birth center services
  • Support from Highmark Wholecare’s MOM Matters program
  • Family planning services

Health Care for You and Your Child

We care for you and your child during your pregnancy, during their birth and into your family’s future.

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    Care During Pregnancy


    We provide health care for you and your baby. From the moment you conceive until your baby enters the world, we’ve got you covered.

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    Support After Childbirth


    Health care is also vital after childbirth. Medicaid helps with finding a midwife, doctors for your baby and programs that support you and your child.

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    Family Planning


    Starting a family can be beautiful when the time is right. Birth control and pregnancy tests are covered for Medicaid members.   

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New baby on the way?

New baby on the way?

Highmark Wholecare lets you select from in-network OBGYNs, midwives and pediatricians.

Highmark Wholecare lets you select from in-network OBGYNs, midwives and pediatricians.

Support Your Child with MOM Matters

MOM Matters gives education and support throughout your pregnancy. This can help you have a healthy baby.

  • Medicaid Managed Care


    Highmark Wholecare’s MOM Matters is a Medicaid managed care organization that is designed to guide you through each stage of your pregnancy.

  • Community Services


    MOM Matters helps direct you to local community service programs that work with you throughout the course of your pregnancy journey.

  • Specialized Classes


    MOM Matters offers childbirth classes, and home visits by a nurse during and after your pregnancy to help you learn and grow with your baby.

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More Health Care Services Included in EPSDT

Growing Up with Highmark Wholecare is a program for members, from birth to age 20, that helps to make sure your child grows up healthy by screening them for a variety of medical conditions. This program helps keep your child’s eyes, ears, teeth and body healthy.
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Take Control with PATHway

Our PATHway program is for mothers with drug addiction. It gives mothers the help they need to birth healthy babies.