Clinic and Provider Tools
Explore this collection of tools that support the integration of IUDs and implants into clinic practice and offer overall guidance on patient-centered contraceptive counseling. The collection includes tools for front desk staff, counselors, clinicians, and billing experts.
All of the tools featured on this page have been created either by Beyond the Pill or one of our trusted partners, as indicated below.
- Protocols
- Billing & Reimbursement
- Provision of IUDs and Implants
- Counseling Resources for Clinicians and Staff
Protocols
This protocol offers up-to-date, evidence-based guidance on providing contraception via telehealth.
Last updated: 2024
This protocol offers up-to-date, evidence-based guidance on Sub-Cutaneous Depo Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA-SQ).
Last updated: 2024
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Protocols for Provision of Intrauterine Contraception and the Contraceptive Implant - PENDING REVISION 2024
These protocols are comprehensive resources for providers seeking in-depth information on placing IUDs and the contraceptive implant:
- Protocol for Provision of Intrauterine Contraception
- Protocol for Provision of the Contraceptive Implant
Billing and Reimbursement
The LARC Quick Coding Guide Supplement includes suggestions for coding complex placements and removals.
Last updated: 2022
The IUD and Implant Reimbursement Guide addresses stocking, eligibility, and reimbursement issues for IUDs and implants, including special patient cases such as postpartum and post-abortion provision.
Co-created with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, the National Health Legal Program, and the National Women's Law Center.
Provision of IUDs and Implants
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Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Doula Toolkit - Partner Resource
What is a LARC Doula?
A LARC doula is a non-clinical role whose focus is to support the patient both emotionally and physically with IUD or implant placement and removal.
What's in the toolkit?
The LARC Doula Toolkit offers providers and clinic staff guidance on how to implement a LARC doula program at their health center, including counseling practice, non-pharmacological forms of pain and discomfort management, and more. The toolkit includes:
- LARC Doula Training Guide
- Access to the "From Counseling to LARC Doulas" Presentation Slides
- LARC Doula Guide Skills Checklist
The LARC Doula Toolkit was created by Bay Area-based La Clínica School Based Health Center program, with support from Beyond the Pill.
Last updated: 2024
This form includes client history information using evidence-based eligibility criteria.
Last updated: 2023
Your front desk or call center staff can use these talking points as a fast reference on the IUD and implant services offered at your practice.
Last updated: 2022
The LARC Quick Coding Guide Supplement includes suggestions for coding complex placements and removals.
Last updated: 2022
A list of the equipment and materials needed for typical IUD and implant placements and removals. Use this list to prepare placement and removal kits.
Last updated: 2022
This handout summarizes evidence-based best practices for teaching IUD counseling and placement skills.
Last updated: 2019
These checklists can be used to assess competency at placing IUDs.
Counseling Resources for Clinicians and Staff
This guide offers suggestions for ways to address common contraceptive counseling concerns in a patient-centered manner.
Last updated: 2024
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Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Doula Toolkit - Partner Resource
What is a LARC Doula?
A LARC doula is a non-clinical role whose focus is to support the patient both emotionally and physically with IUD or implant placement and removal.
What's in the toolkit?
The LARC Doula Toolkit offers providers and clinic staff guidance on how to implement a LARC doula program at their health center, including counseling practice, non-pharmacological forms of pain and discomfort management, and more. The toolkit includes:
- LARC Doula Training Guide
- Access to the "From Counseling to LARC Doulas" Presentation Slides
- LARC Doula Guide Skills Checklist
The LARC Doula Toolkit was created by Bay Area-based La Clínica School Based Health Center program, with support from Beyond the Pill.
Last updated: 2024
This glossary includes terms particularly useful for talking with patients about different birth control types and related topics.
Last Updated: 2022
Your front desk or call center staff can use these talking points as a fast reference on the IUD and implant services offered at your practice.
Last updated: 2022
As of 2024, the Centers for Disease Control have updated their Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) and Selected Practice Recommendations (SPR) for contraceptive eligibility and screening. These are evidence-based recommendations that can be easily reviewed by using the CDC MEC SPR phone app or by using the MEC color chart:
Last updated: 2024
There are many different fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs). This evidence-based, interactive chart from the British Medical Journal can help clinic staff and providers discuss and compare the various FABM options with interested patients:
Fertility awareness based methods for pregnancy prevention (2019).
Last updated: 2019
