Membership Benefits

ACNM membership is open to Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM),Certified Midwives (CM), as well as to students enrolled in A.C.M.E. accredited midwifery education programs(Student category) and any other interested professionals (Associate category). Click Here to see a full list of membership categories and eligibility requirements. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding ACNM membership, please contact the Membership Dept. at (240) 485-1825 or e-mail memb@acnm.org.

ACNM works for you by designing and providing benefits and services which assist you in serving your patients, your community, and your profession. Your decision to join ACNM will benefit you and it will help the entire profession. There is strength in numbers.

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Heightened Public Awareness of the Profession

NEW: Evidence-Based Practice: Pearls of Midwifery
Greater professional recognition and identity
National marketing campaigns to make the public more aware of midwives and midwifery. Visit RealSavvyMoms.com.
Consumer resources such as myMidwife.org and GotMom.org
Marketing of the profession to health care tradeshows, such as the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and, new for 2007, the National Student Nurses Association meeting
Our Department of Global Outreach extends the mission with training and advocacy programs around the world

Support Regarding Business and Clinical Practice Issues:

Endorsed Liability insurance program for members from Contemporary Insurance Services, Inc.
Officite LLC providing member discounted website design & hosting for midwifery practices & individual providers
Consultative assistance on employment practices, clinical practice issues, billing and reimbursement issues, and quality of care issues
Guidance on regulatory and institutional accreditation issues
National representation with relevant external health agencies
Practice support publications, such as QuickInfos, resource packets, clinical bulletins and position statements found in the online ACNM Library.

Government Affairs Activities:

Input on important issues through the College's national office in Silver Spring, MD, just outside Washington, D.C.
Liaison with regulatory bodies such as CMS and HHS, as well as state regulatory agencies
Speak Out for Midwifery, an interactive online tool that allows members to communicate with their federal and state policymakers, as well as the media
Tracking and analysis of state legislation and regulations
Access to State Policy Fact Sheets (available in the ACNM Library) summarizing the laws and regulations governing midwifery practice as well as summary tables
Provide strategic consultation, issue briefings and state lobby day plans to ACNM chapters and their lobbyists
Answer questions concerning state legislative and regulatory requirements and provisions
Advocacy for midwifery causes with Midwives-PAC.
Lobbying on federal and state midwifery issues
Coordination of grassroots efforts

Support for Midwifery Education:

Engage federal funders to ensure that there is an adequate supply of CNMs/CMs
Collaborate with the A.C.N.M. Foundation to fund student scholarships
Printed materials, speaking engagements and exhibits aimed at recruiting nurses into the profession
Development and maintenance of the Standards and Core Competencies
Identification of sources for student scholarships and/or loan programs

Publications that inform and educate:

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, ACNM's official, bi-monthly, peer-reviewed clinical journal including online access to current & archived issues
Quickening, the official publication of ACNM, delivered four times per year
Quick eNews, the weekly e-newsletter for ACNM members

Opportunities for continuing education, such as:

Reduced registration rates at the Annual Meeting & Exhibit
Discounted online CE offerings at the ACNM Live Learning Center
Online Calendar of ACNM approved CEU opportunities
Online listing of ACNM approved online or home study CEU opportunities
JMWH Home Study CEU issues published twice annually

Special discount programs:

70% discount on subscriptions to the ACOG journal Obstetrics & Gynecology now including online access!!
Member discounts on products and publications at ShopACNM.com
Discounted room rates at Club Quarters Hotels

Opportunities to lead or be recognized:

Join a specialized interest group such as one of our Divisions or Committees
Run for elected office
Annual Awards recognizing ACNM members for their commitment and service, presented at the Annual Meeting.

Web site services, such as:

ACNM Blogs such as Midwife Connection as well as special event-driven blogs like the 2011 Motion Discussion blog for the ACNM 56th Annual Meeting.
eMidwife discussion groups on more than a dozen clinical/practice issues, as well as groups for particular ACNM regions and committees
Find-a-Midwife, a national midwifery practice locator service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via www.midwife.org
Member-only content, such as the Clinical Bulletin series and archives of Quickening
MidwifeJobs.com - your online career databank
Marketing tools

Other Programs:

Member Use of ACNM logo
Archives to record historical contributions of CNMs/CMs and ACNM
Annual CNM/CM practice and employment survey (Core Data Survey)
ACNM Hardship Dues Waiver pilot program (guidelines, criteria, and request form)