access- Year-one award
- $166,988,956
- Lead agency
- AHCCCS
- Maternal care in the plan
- Puts a dollar figure on maternal care
- Status
- Closed, awards not published
What Arizona's plan funds for maternal care
AHCCCS leads the program, which received $167.0 million for year one. The revised narrative describes the maternal grant this way: "This grant improves maternal-fetal health before, during, and after pregnancy by coordinating prevention and early intervention across clinical, behavioral, and community settings." Its components include AIM bundles, OB simulation, perinatal mental health certification, a 24/7 maternal mental health helpline, a perinatal clinical helpline for providers and "regional tele-OB consults," with targets of every birthing hospital on at least three AIM bundles by fiscal 2029 and half of the 42 hospitals it tracks OB-simulation trained by 2031. The Telehealth Digital Transformation program will "establish and expand telehealth hub sites to provide virtual specialty consults and implement remote patient monitoring programs that extend care to patients at home." The state's program page adds a need statement: "Nearly half of rural women must travel more than 30 minutes for maternal care."
What is open, and what comes next
The telehealth ($17 million), diagnostic equipment ($30.1 million) and Rural Health Innovative Care Pilot ($21 million) rounds all closed August 21, 2026. Before the deadline moved to August 21, the state's schedule set award notification for September 7 and contract execution by October 1, and it posts updates to applicants through its grants portal. No public award list has been posted. The innovative care pilot funds mobile and satellite specialty units. The maternal-fetal grant itself hasn't been competed; the Arizona Public Health Association reported in September that it is moving through agreements with county health departments. AHCCCS says all year-one competitive solicitations have been released and that year-one funding is targeted to be fully committed by October 30, 2026. Two workforce rounds released in late September aren't maternal.
Who can apply, and where a partner fits
Eligible applicants for the telehealth and pilot rounds included rural clinics, rural health clinics, critical access hospitals, FQHCs, Tribal facilities, county health departments, consortiums, universities, health systems and managed care organizations. Vendors weren't listed. A telehealth practice fits as the specialty behind a hub site's virtual consults or a pilot's mobile unit, and as the tele-OB capacity the maternal grant's county agreements will need.
Where Ouma fits
How tele-MFM fits Arizona's model
Arizona is funding readiness (bundles, simulation, helplines) and access (telehealth hubs, mobile units) as separate lines. The join between them is a specialist who answers when a rural hospital's simulation training meets a real patient. Ouma provides contracted maternal-fetal medicine coverage and ultrasound interpretation to rural and critical access hospitals. Ouma is licensed to practice in all 50 states and is Medicaid-enrolled in 20 states as of August 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Arizona's maternal-fetal health grant open to applications?
No competitive round has been issued for it. The state's year-one competitive solicitations are closed, and the maternal funds appear to be moving through county health department agreements.
Where are Arizona's telehealth awards?
AHCCCS hasn't published a list. It sends updates to applicants through its grants portal.