Pregnancy Care Management (PCM) is a statewide program in N.C. promoting healthy mothers and healthy babies. This program provides care management services by a social worker or registered nurse for high risk women during pregnancy and for two months after delivery.
Some of the risk criteria for receiving care management services are as follows:
- History of pre-term birth
- History of low birth weights
- Multiple gestations
- Fetal complications
- Chronic conditions that may complicate pregnancy
- Unsafe living environment
- Tobacco use
- Substance abuse
- Missing more than 2 prenatal appointments
- Physician request for care management assessment
Your pregnancy care manager can assist you with the following:
- Help you identify your needs and make a plan to address them
- Work closely with you and your doctor to understand your needs
- Help arrange transportation to medical appointments, if needed
- Help you manage any medicines that you might have
- Work hand in hand with you to help you have a healthy baby
To speak with a Pregnancy Care Manager in your county, please contact the following staff:
- Alleghany County: Melissa Bedford, BSW at (336) 372-5641
- Ashe County: Melissa Bedford, BSW at (336) 246-9449
- Watauga County: Carol Ann Thompson, RN at (828) 264-4995
For additional information on this program, please visit the following websites: