Community Health Centers (CHCs) serve nearly 1 in 6 Medicaid enrollees and provide perinatal care to about 560,000 people, playing a critical role in prenatal and postpartum care for disadvantaged populations. While 41% of CHCs—often larger centers with multidisciplinary teams—offer prenatal care to higher proportions of non-White or non-English-speaking patients, little is known about the workforce serving pregnant Medicaid enrollees. Existing studies are limited in scope and lack workforce trend data specific to Medicaid populations.

This article explores the characteristics and dynamics of the workforce serving pregnant Medicaid enrollees at CHCs using multi-year, multi-state Medicaid claims data.