The Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program

CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR 1 Report 2023-103 | February 2024 Table 1 Perinatal Program Utilization Rates of Fee‑for‑Service Plans During Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods During 2018 Through 2022 Have Improved UTILIZATION PERCENTAGE YEAR DURING PREGNANCY 60 DAYS POSTPARTUM 2018 29.6% 10.3% 2019 44.4 17.9 2020 54.6 19.1 2021 50.3 18.2 2022 56.3 15.7 Source: Analysis of Health Care Services’ Medi‑Cal claims data obtained in June 2023. Note: We identified roughly 1 million pregnancies between 2018 and 2022. Medi‑Cal members may appear in the calculations for multiple years if they had more than one pregnancy.