- One initial visit-- 90 minutes
- Up to eight additional visits that may be provided in any combination of prenatal and postpartum visits.
- Support during labor and delivery (including labor and delivery resulting in a stillbirth), abortion or miscarriage.
- Up to two extended three-hour postpartum visits after the end of a pregnancy.
- If a Medi-Cal member has used all of the visits for the standing recommendation, the member would need an additional recommendation from a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts acting to receive up to nine additional postpartum visits. This recommendation can be noted in the member's medical record by the recommending licensed provider, or a member can ask a licensed provider to complete the DHCS Medi-Cal Doula Services Recommendation form for Postpartum Visits and give the signed form to the doula. The standing recommendation from DHCS cannot be used for additional postpartum visits. *
*I personally recommend that BEFORE you go into labor, you request additional recommendation from a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts so that you can have additional visits. That way, I, or another approved doula, can be there for more postpartum support as well.
