IRC Office Hours - Surviving to Thriving

Exploring Advances in Birth Center Sustainability

Join IRC Leaders and Learning Collaborative for Birth Center Sustainability (LCBCS) faculty Erica Biesinger and Jillian Helleloid for an interactive and insightful IRC Office Hours session. Discover how course participants are applying lessons from the LCBCS workshop to move towards sustainable birth center reimbursement in their states.

If you've considered taking this valuable workshop, this is your perfect opportunity to get all your questions answered.

AABC membership is required for IRC Office Hours. Registration is free and open to all AABC members. 

IRC Leaders

Erica Biesinger, MBA

Erica has been involved in the birth center community since 2014 when she joined the staff at The Midwife Center in Pittsburgh as the Finance and Operations Manager.  Since then, she's provided ongoing administrative support to the birth center including overseeing all financial aspects of the Center and helping to expand  both the facility and programs offered.  She is passionate about the independent, free-standing birth center model and the midwifery model of care. Her goal is to have that shine through in her administrative work, while improving the ongoing financial health of the birth center.

Jillian Helleloid, MBA

Jillian has been working in the medical billing and coding field with freestanding birth centers since 2017. In 2025 Jillian opened her own consulting business, Bloom Birth Center Consulting, to assist midwives and birth centers with everything from contracting & billing to administrative support.

In addition to her professional experience, Jillian is a member of the IRC committee and currently serves as the treasurer of the Minnesota Chapter of AABC where she has been actively involved in advancing legislative changes to support birth centers in Minnesota.