New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative

“The 990 return is submitted to the board for review and approval prior to filing each year.”

“Conflict of interest policy 1.any potential conflict of interest that could result in a direct or indirect financial orpersonal benefit to a director, officer or staff member must be disclosed in good faith, or known to the board of directors or committee authorizing a contract or other transaction. 2.all questions as to whether a conflict of interest exists shall be resolved by a vote of the board of directors in which the interested party may not vote. 3.the interested individual may participate in the information-gathering stage of the board of directors or committees discussion, but the individual shall not be present or participate in the final deliberation or decision regarding such contract or other transaction. Such interested individual may not vote on such contract or other transaction. 4.in connection with all actions taken by the board of directors with respect to any contract or transaction between the nmpc and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the nmpc and any other corporation, firm, association, or other entity in which one or more of the directors or officers of the nmpc is a director or officer or has a substantial financial interest, affiliation, or other significant relationship, each such interested director or officer of the nmpc shall: a.disclose to the board of directors the material facts as to such directors or officers interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorships, offices, or significant financial interest, affiliation, or other significant relationship, which disclosure shall be duly recorded in the minutes or resolutions relating to such actions, and b.abstain from voting on any such contract or transaction. 5.the conflict of interest disclosure statement will be distributed to each director, officer, and staff member annually and must be submitted for subsequent review by the executive committee, with a final report and recommendation to the board of directors at the next scheduled meeting. The conflict of interest disclosure statement will be provided to all new directors as they assume their duties on the board.”

“Governing and other documents are available upon request. They are also available on the nm attorney general's coros website and on the irs charities website.”

“The mission of the new mexico perinatal collaborative is to convene stakeholders to achieve health equity through the promotion of evidence- based reproductive and perinatal health practices that: increase collaboration with communities and across healthcare disciplines focus on quality improvement strategies empower healthcare teams statewide to offer the highest quality care - ensure provision of holistic and culturally respectful care”

“Perinatal best practices & safety advanced organizational development: -revised bylaws and updated vision and mission statements -arranged separation of financial duties and formalized accounting through contract with 501(c)pa -hired staff executive director and administrative assistant and established a contract with a program manager -obtained board & officers liability insurance -established organizational policies on ethics; conflicts of interest; diversity, equity, and inclusion; board elections; whistleblower protections -upgraded computer equipment, website, and email program programming: o enrolled more than half of nm birthing hospitals in our maternal safety initiative as part of the alliance for innovation on maternal health (aim) o obtained commitments from enrolled hospitals and the nm department of health to share data on implementation of best practices and maternal outcomes. Began ongoing data analysis for quality improvement purposes o gave presentations at a number of state-level continuing education conferences and presented at the aim annual meeting o received a supplemental award of funds from aim to contract for evaluation and data analysis o conducted tele-mentoring sessions for an average of 50 participants twice monthly on maternal safety best practices for conditions ranging from obstetric hemorrhage to syphilis to covid o established a maternal safety workplan to address perinatal substance use disorder as the action arm of the nm maternal mortality review committee o provided testimony for the nm legislative health & human services committee o hosted a very successful and well attended annual meeting in collaboration with the nm march of dimes: a call to action: safe birth in nm: an interdisciplinary approach o obtained training for staff on full scholarship, through the institute for healthcare improvement, breakthrough college series focused on better maternal outcomes.”

“Access to contraception programming: o resumed training for hospitals to establish postpartum long-active reversible contraception (larc) programs in light of revised medicaid billing guidance nmpc helped to create o collaborated with the larc mentoring program to distribute small grant awards to rural hospitals seeking to provide larc services o participated in the statewide larc working group”

“Contract labor 25,440 7,613 1,447 contract labor 12,828 0 0 total 38,268 7,613 1,447”