CPSP Information
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The Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program
CPSP is a comprehensive program which provides a wide range of culturally competent services to pregnant women, from conception through 60 days postpartum.
The program was developed from the OB Access Project, a successful perinatal demonstration project for 7,000 low-income women that operated from 1979 to 1982 in 13 California counties.
Comprehensive services were shown to reduce the low birthweight rate by one-third and to save approximately $2 in short-term Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) costs for every $1 spent.
Because of these positive results, CPSP was legislated in 1984 and included as part of the Medi-Cal program in 1987.
Medi-Cal managed care health plans are required to provide access to CPSP services for all Medi-Cal eligible enrollees.