The Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Program at the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) celebrated its 10 th anniversary in 2018. This …

Objective This study sought to understand state Medicaid agencies' experiences with
implementing payment for long-acting reversible contraception devices inserted immediately …

The Medicaid program funds more than 75% of public family planning expenditures and
provides care to nearly 20 million individuals of child-bearing age (Hasstedt, Sonfield, & …

Women are often highly motivated to obtain contraception during the immediate postpartum
period. However, not all women receive contraception, particularly long-acting reversible …

Objectives Access to a full range of contraceptive methods, including long-acting reversible
contraception (LARC), is central to providing quality family planning services. We describe …

Purpose Providing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in the immediate postpartum
period is an evidence-based strategy for expanding women's access to highly effective …

Although safe and effective (Stoddard, McNicholas, & Peipert, 2011; Winner et al., 2012),
there are many barriers to increasing intrauterine and implantable contraception (collectively …

Although long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use is increasing in the general
female population, only 12% of all women who use contraception and 4.8% of nulliparous …

As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reduces cost sharing as a barrier to long-acting reversible
contraceptive (LARC) use (Becker & Polsky, 2015), attention has turned to other barriers that …

In the United States, nearly one-half of all pregnancies are unintended, at a rate of almost 3
million unintended pregnancies per year (Finer & Zolna, 2016). Although the rate of …