Family Nurse Midwives
The Family Nurse Midwives have been providing prenatal and gynecological care since 1991. Our office is located in Irwin. We serve the outlying areas of Pittsburgh, and Greensburg and the surrounding vicinity. Certified Nurse Midwives provide personalized prenatal and gynecological care with the focus being on the woman and her family.
- Childbirth in a home-like setting provided in beautifully furnished labor, delivery and postpartum suites (LDRPs) with Jacuzzi.
- Warm, friendly, skilled prenatal Nurses.
- Father encouraged to room-in with mother.
- Flexible rooming-in for baby.
Forbes Regional Hospital, provides a variety of special classes for expectant parents living in the area such as:
- Early Pregnancy
- Lamaze
- New Parents Survival
- Sibling Preparation
- Grandparents Night
- Prepared Caesarean Births
- Preparation for Breast Feeding
- Infant / Child CPR
Family Midwife Practioners
Gretchen Cohen, CNM
Nurse-Midwife for more than 30 years.
Has welcomed over 2000 babies into the world.
B.S.N. from Carlow College 1969.
Masters of Science and Nursing (MSN)
Certified in Nurse-Midwifery from Yale University 1971.
Sandy Mauro, CNM
More than 20 years experience in obstetrics.
B.S.N. from Syracuse University.
Certified Lactation Consultant since 1993
Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Locations
Irwin
TRW Building, 1st Floor
7546 Route 30 East
Irwin PA 15642
Phone: (724) 765-1031
Fax: (724) 765-1035
To schedule an appointment:
call: (724) 765-1031
OFFICE HOURS
Monday through Thursday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday 8:30 to Noon
EMERGENCY CARE
24 hour call is provided for patient care.
For after-office hour emergencies, please call our answering service at 1-866-829-8281.
If the midwife does not return your call within 15 minutes, please try again. If the midwife does not reach you, call Labor and Delivery at Forbes Regional Hospital at 412-858-2460.
Appointment Cancellations
Please telephone the office 24 hours prior to your scheduled appointment time for any cancellation, so that we may offer your appointment to one of our other patients.
Prenatal Patients
This is just a reminder. The midwives share call throughout the month, so it is to your benefit to make sure that you have the opportunity to meet with both of them through out your pregnancy.
Insurance Plan Participation
In order to ensure accurate billing to your insurance carrier, please:
- Bring your insurance card with you to each appointment.
- Pay your co-payment and other payments, per your insurance contract, at time of service.
- Contact our office if you have any questions regarding your account.
The following is a list of major insurance plans in which Century Medical Associates participates:
- Aetna
- ChoiceCare/Humana
- Cigna
- Devon Health Services
- Elder Health
- Gateway Health Plan
- Health America Advantra
- Health America/Health Assurance
- Highmark Blue Cross Community Blue
- Highmark Blue Cross Indemnity
- Highmark Blue Cross Managed Care
- Highmark Blue Cross Sec. Blue
- Highmark Blue Cross Special Care
- Intergroup Services
- Multiplan
- One Health
- Selectcare Access Corporation
- Three Rivers Health Plan
- Unison Advantage-Three Rivers
- United Healthcare
