Birthing Clinic/Center
Ambulatory Health Care Facilities › Clinic/Center › Birthing
Taxonomy 261QB0400X Non-Individual 1,395 providers
About this specialty
A freestanding birth center is a health facility other than a hospital where childbirth is planned to occur away from the pregnant woman's residence, and that provides prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care, as well as other ambulatory services for women and newborns.
Source: Summarized from Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396d(1)(3)(B)] [1/1/2013: added definition]
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.