How to enroll as a Medicaid doula in Connecticut
HUSKY Health (CT Medicaid) · coverage since January 1, 2025 · last checked July 25, 2026
HUSKY Health has covered certified doulas since January 1, 2025. Fee-for-service Medicaid pays $100 for each of four perinatal visits and $800 for active-birth attendance, for a standard total of $1,200 per pregnancy. Connecticut has no Medicaid managed care plans, so one CMAP enrollment covers all HUSKY members. DPH certification requires two references and either approved training or documented experience serving three families.
What Medicaid pays
$1,200 standard FFS package (4 visits × $100 + $800 birth)
- $100 for each of up to 4 perinatal visits (T1033 without HD); $800 for active-birth attendance (T1033-HD)
- Additional visits possible with medical-necessity authorization through the ASO
- These are fee-for-service rates. A doula working through a HUSKY Maternity Bundle practice should confirm the practice's payment arrangement rather than assume the FFS rates apply
Five encounters per pregnancy: four outpatient visits (prenatal within 9 months before delivery, postpartum within 12 months after) plus one active-birth encounter (in person, no telehealth for labor).
Who can apply
- CT DPH doula certification: $100 fee, two reference letters, and either an approved training program or a notarized attestation documenting service to at least 3 families in the prior 5 years across the required competency areas
- Renewal every 3 years ($100) with 18 CE hours including cultural humility and health equity content
- Certification is required to bill, not to practice
- A written order or referral from an authorized practitioner is required for the member's doula services
How to enroll
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Step 1
Get DPH-certified
Apply online through eLicense. Submit two references, then document either approved training or the qualifying experience pathway.
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Step 2
Get your free Type 1 NPI
NPPES, taxonomy 374J00000X.
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Step 3
Enroll in CMAP at ctdssmap.com
The provider enrollment wizard, with Gainwell as fiscal agent (Provider Assistance Center: 800-842-8440).
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Step 4
Bill directly, or join a Maternity Bundle practice
No managed-care plans exist in CT Medicaid, so your CMAP enrollment covers all HUSKY members. You can also subcontract with an OB practice in the HUSKY Maternity Bundle program as a care-team doula.
How you get paid
Connecticut uses an administrative services organization model rather than Medicaid managed care plans. After CMAP enrollment, doulas bill the program directly or work through a participating HUSKY Maternity Bundle practice. No separate plan credentialing is required.
What to plan for
A doula must complete DPH certification and CMAP enrollment before billing. Each member also needs a practitioner order or referral. If you work through a Maternity Bundle practice, get its payment terms in writing because the published fee-for-service rates do not establish the practice's payment to you.
Where to get help
- DSS Doula Integration (the benefit page, bundle program, and enrolled-doulas directory)
- DPH Doula Licensing (certification requirements and the eLicense application)
- Doulas4CT (the state doula coalition)
Sources and last checked
We checked these details on July 25, 2026.
- HUSKY Health Certified Doula Policy
- DSS Provider Bulletin PB 2025-14
- CGS §20-86bb (doula certification)
- NASHP doula tracker
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