PREVENT WASTE OF STATE RESOURCES

Developing state specific testing and credentialing is: costly, time-consuming, and lacks scientific validity. The nationally accredited CPM credential uses validated, psychometrically sound testing based on third-party job analysis, making the CPM credential the best option for establishing state licensing requirements for homebirth midwives.

CPMs are the only nationally credentialed birth attendants specifically trained in homebirths. Setting Up a program to license and regulate Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) would:

• Prevent the huge expense of regulation by prosecution,
• Prevent birth injuries and deaths as homebirth families gain access to skilled midwives, and
• Prevent the legislature from having to deal with this issue again next year.

Save Lives and Money!

License CPMs to assist homebirth families.

An economic analysis of the cost benefits of a licensed midwife program indicate that “The cost savings to the health care system (public and private) is estimated to be ten times the cost of the program.” 1

Midwifery Licensure and Discipline Program in Washington State: Economic Costs and Benefits, (A report to the Washington Department of Health), Health Management Associates, October, 2007.
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