Pregnancy Care Management (PCM) is a statewide program in N.C. promoting healthy mothers and healthy babies. This program provides care management services by a social worker or nurse for high risk women during pregnancy and for two months after delivery.  Some of the risk criteria for receiving care management services are as follows:

• History of pre-term birth
• History of low birth weights
• Multiple gestations
• Fetal complications
• Chronic conditions that may complicate pregnancy
• Tobacco use
• Substance abuse
• Missing more than 2 prenatal appointments

Your pregnancy care manager can assist you with the following:

• Help you identify your needs and make a plan to address them
• Work closely with you and your doctor to understand your needs
• Help arrange transportation to medical appointments, if needed
• Help you manage any medicines that you might have
• Work hand in hand with you to help you have a healthy baby

For additional information, please visit: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dma/services/pmh.htm.  To determine your eligibility for PCM services, please call (828) 695-5800.