ACHN Maternity Care Coordination
Alabama Medicaid Agency — Alabama Coordinated Health Network (ACHN)
Who can help me actually navigate Alabama Medicaid during pregnancy and postpartum?
What this is
Alabama has seven ACHN regions. If you are a maternity Medicaid recipient, your region can give you a nurse or social worker who helps you find providers, make and keep appointments, follow through on referrals, answer maternity questions, work on your health goals, and connect to community resources and family planning.
Why it matters after birth
This is the person who helps you turn coverage into actual appointments — especially useful when you are exhausted, when your area has few providers, or when a referral goes nowhere.
You may qualify if
Available to Alabama Medicaid maternity recipients. Your region is based on where you live. American Indian beneficiaries may opt out. If you are uninsured or not on Medicaid, ACHN is not a universal service you can use.
What you actually get
Care coordination by regional nurses and social workers: finding providers, making and following up appointments and referrals, answering maternity questions, supporting your health goals, and connecting you to community resources and family planning.
How long it lasts
Available through pregnancy and the postpartum period while you are a maternity Medicaid recipient.
What it costs
Care coordination is part of your Medicaid maternity support; Alabama does not publish a member charge for it here.
How to use it
Find your region using Alabama Medicaid's regional interactive map and contact list on the ACHN and Maternity Services pages, then contact your region and say you are a pregnant or postpartum Medicaid recipient who wants care coordination. After birth, Alabama tells beneficiaries to report the birth using the Recipient Change Form.
What you'll need
Your Alabama Medicaid information and your address, which determines your region. After birth, the Recipient Change Form to report the birth.
Important limitations
ACHN coordinates care — it does not itself deliver medical services, and it cannot guarantee that a specialty provider exists near you. It is for Medicaid maternity recipients, not for everyone, and American Indian beneficiaries may opt out.
How it works with other benefits
ACHN is the connective layer over your Maternity Medicaid coverage, Nurse-Family Partnership, behavioral-health care, and community resources.
Finding a provider or service
Your regional coordinator's job includes helping you find providers and follow referrals. Use the ACHN regional map and contact list to reach them, alongside Alabama Medicaid's provider search.
Language & cultural access
Alabama Medicaid provides language assistance at no cost; ask your regional contact or call 1-800-362-1504.
If you do not qualify
If you are uninsured or not on Medicaid, ACHN is not open to you as a universal service. Apply for Medicaid through Insure Alabama or 1-800-362-1504, and ask county health departments and Federally Qualified Health Centers what they offer meanwhile.
Access in practice
Being covered and being able to use it are different things. This is what the sources say about actually reaching this support.
- Where it is available
- Seven ACHN regions statewide; your region follows your residence.
- Provider rules
- ACHN coordinates care and does not itself deliver medical services or guarantee local specialty supply.
In plain terms
What this means for you
You do not have to work the system alone: as a maternity Medicaid recipient you can have a nurse or social worker in your region whose job is finding you providers and chasing your referrals. They coordinate rather than treat, so they cannot conjure a specialist who isn't there — but they can save you weeks of phone calls.
Your next step
What to do next
Look up your ACHN region on Alabama Medicaid's regional map, call your region, and ask to be connected with maternity care coordination. After your baby is born, report the birth using the Recipient Change Form.
Official sources
Last verified September 16, 2026 · Ready
4 official sources
Authority: Alabama Coordinated Health Network maternity care coordination
This is plain-language public-policy information, not legal, medical, or benefits advice, and it is not specific to your situation. Policy changes, so confirm current rules with the agency or your health plan.