Prenatal Plus
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF)
Can I get a care coordinator, dietitian and mental-health professional together during pregnancy and early postpartum?
Needs recheck — read this as research, not as a benefit you can rely on yet.
What this is
Prenatal Plus is a Health First Colorado program for at-risk pregnant members. It adds a care coordinator, a registered dietitian, and a mental-health professional to your care, with care coordination, nutrition support, psychosocial and mental-health support, and education and referrals.
Why it matters after birth
It is the team around your medical care — the people who notice how you are eating, coping, and managing, and connect you to help.
You may qualify if
For at-risk pregnant Health First Colorado members. You must be screened and enrolled during pregnancy. TMO has not verified the exact risk criteria, so they are not stated here.
What you actually get
A care coordinator, a registered dietitian, and a mental-health professional, providing care coordination, nutrition support, psychosocial and mental-health support, and education and referrals.
How long it lasts
Available during pregnancy and for 60 days after birth. Postpartum participation is tied to prenatal enrollment, so you generally cannot newly join after birth.
What it costs
Pregnant and postpartum members have no copay.
How to use it
Ask your prenatal provider, your primary care provider, or your regional organization about screening and enrolling in Prenatal Plus — while you are still pregnant.
What you'll need
Your Health First Colorado member information and the programme's screening.
Important limitations
The timing is the constraint: you must be screened and enrolled during pregnancy, and postpartum participation is tied to that prenatal enrollment, so waiting until after birth generally means you cannot enter. Support ends 60 days after birth even though your coverage runs 12 months. TMO has not confirmed official source URLs, which is why this profile is labelled Needs recheck.
How it works with other benefits
It complements your maternity care, doula support, and behavioral-health care rather than replacing them. After the 60 days, your behavioral-health benefit and regional organization remain your routes.
Finding a provider or service
Ask your prenatal or primary care provider, or your regional organization, which participating providers deliver Prenatal Plus in your area.
Language & cultural access
Not verified for this programme; ask the provider. The Nurse Advice Line, 800-283-3221, operates in English and Spanish.
If you do not qualify
If you are already postpartum or not enrolled, use your behavioral-health benefit through your regional organization, your doula benefit, and Special Connections where substance use is involved.
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.
- Provider availability
- Which providers deliver Prenatal Plus varies locally and must be confirmed.
- Provider rules
- Delivered through participating providers.
In plain terms
What this means for you
Prenatal Plus wraps a coordinator, a dietitian and a mental-health professional around your pregnancy care, at no cost to you, and continues for 60 days after birth. The catch is timing: you have to be signed up while pregnant, so ask at your next prenatal appointment rather than after the birth.
Your next step
What to do next
If you are pregnant, ask your prenatal provider or regional organization at your next visit to screen you for Prenatal Plus. If you have already given birth, ask instead about behavioral-health care and doula support through your regional organization.
Official sources
Last verified September 16, 2026 · Needs recheck
2 official sources
Authority: Health First Colorado Prenatal Plus program
Recheck when: Source ledger incomplete: TMO has not confirmed official Prenatal Plus page URLs. Recheck and attach those before this profile is marked Ready.
Still being verified
- Official Prenatal Plus page URLs are not yet in TMO's source ledger.
- The exact risk-screening criteria used to enrol members are not verified and are not published here.
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.