Access MOM (Mother's Own Milk)
Program Training
These short walkthroughs show your team how to verify a patient's insurance and report a dispensed pump with the Access MOM forms. Watch the version for the device you are using, a desktop computer or a phone at the bedside.
How it works
- 1Send the patient's insurance to BFA to check coverage
- 2BFA confirms the pump is covered
- 3Fill out the paper form and give the patient their pump
- 4Upload the completed dispensed form
Verify a patient's insurance
Use this to send a patient's insurance to BFA billing for verification. Do this before dispensing a pump. The written steps are on the insurance verification page.
On a computer
On a phone
Report a dispensed pump
After BFA billing confirms coverage, dispense the pump and record it here. The written steps are on the report a dispensed pump page.
On a phone
Our Goal
Access MOM (Mother's Own Milk) helps more newborns receive human milk, especially premature and low birth weight babies, by making sure families get the breast pump their Medicaid or insurance already covers, delivered soon after birth, when early and frequent milk expression matters most for establishing supply. The American Academy of Pediatrics identifies a mother's own milk as the optimal nutrition for very low birth weight infants and points to local breast pump access programs as a way to reduce inequities in who receives it. National experts likewise call for guaranteeing equal access to covered breastfeeding supplies and equipment, which is what this program puts into practice.
Informed by national pediatric and public health guidance: Parker MG, Stellwagen L, Miller ER, et al. Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2026;157(2):e2025073625. Meek JY, Noble L; Section on Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. Pediatrics. 2022;150(1):e2022057988. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Breastfeeding in the United States: Strategies to Support Families and Achieve National Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2025.