Maternal Mental Health Program

Starting July 1, 2019, California Assembly Bill (AB) 2193 requires:
  1. Health plans to develop a maternal mental health program, and
  2. Obstetricians (including OBGYNs, nurse midwives, and family practice physicians who deliver babies) to screen pregnant women for maternal mental health disorders including but not limited to postpartum depression in accordance to sound clinical practice guidelines and using validated screening tools.

Cigna offers a high-risk pregnancy case management program that provides customers with support in managing treatment and accessing behavioral health care. To learn how your patients with Cigna coverage can enroll in this program, you may call Cigna or direct them to call us at 800.615.2906. Your patients with Cigna coverage may also seek treatment for these disorders directly and learn about qualified in-network behavioral health providers by visiting myCigna.com or calling the telephone number on the back of their ID card.