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  • Breast Pumps

    Breast Pumps: Pumping and Milk Storage – guidelines from the Office of Women’s Health for pumping and storing breastmilk

    Breast Pumps: Recommendations – information on how to select a breast pump from Lactation Education Resources

    Insurance Coverage of Breast Pumps – general guidelines on insurance coverage

    File a complaint with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office HEAU about insurance denial at http://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/CPD/HEAU/ComplaintChooser.aspx

    Breast Pumps: information on where to purchase or rent breast pumps

    Medela

    Ameda

    Breast Pump Prescription – a form that functions as a prescription and can be brought to your health care provider to be used as a Letter of Medical Necessity for a pump

    Medicaid MCO Breast Pump Coverage – information on how to get a breast pump if you are a member of a Managed Care Organization
    If you have Maryland Medicaid or an MCO and you are having trouble obtaining a breast pump, please call the Medicaid HealthChoice Helpline at 1-800-284-4510.

    Maryland Department of Health Memo – criteria for breast pump coverage in HealthChoice program

    License to Breastfeed/Breastpump Card – information about the laws that clarify the rights mothers have to both breastfeed and express milk upon return to work, and protect them from being told to stop breastfeeding in public.   Many women use these cards as proof when someone tries to restrict these rights. The cards can be printed and used individually or given to others during support groups and health fairs.

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We are health professionals, moms, educators, policy-makers, organizations, businesses and others who promote, protect, and support breastfeeding. We have been assisting breastfeeding families and professionals since 2002. The Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition is a member coalition of the United States Breastfeeding Committee.