EIS Family Health Guide is an independent editorial site.

We publish plain-English guides for parents navigating hospitals, pediatric care, health insurance billing, Medicaid and CHIP, and family emergency prep with infants and young children. We are not a clinic, a charity, or a medical authority. We are writers who cover this beat and link out to the official agencies, accredited medical organizations, and peer-reviewed research that are the authorities, so you can verify what we say and dig deeper.

We do not list clinical or professional credentials for our writers. Every claim in every article is linked to its primary source. Generic “editorial team” framing carries the trust load, not letters after a name.

What we cover

  • Hospital Navigation — what to expect during NICU stays, ER visits, inpatient admissions, and hospital discharge with an infant or young child
  • Health Insurance & Billing — reading hospital bills, Medicaid and CHIP, claims appeals, hospital financial assistance
  • Pediatric Care — choosing pediatricians, urgent care vs ER, well-child visits, newborn screening
  • Family Emergency Prep — emergency funds with a new baby, paperwork, parental leave, contingency planning
  • Health Resources — state-by-state directories of programs and family services orgs

A note on this domain

The domain emergencyinfantservices.org was previously used by Emergency Infant Services, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Tulsa, Oklahoma that provided baby essentials to families in financial crisis for roughly 25 years before closing prior to 2020. EIS Family Health Guide is not the same organization, not a successor to it, and has no affiliation with its former staff, board, donors, or volunteers. The former charity’s mission was admirable, distinct from what we do, and is over.

We acquired the dormant domain at auction and built an independent editorial site at the same address. We chose to continue using the name “EIS” because it’s recognizable to readers who may have visited the original site, but the work is entirely different: theirs was direct service to families in their region; ours is national-scope educational publishing.

How we’re funded

EIS Family Health Guide accepts editorial guest posts and sponsored content on subjects within our coverage area, clearly labeled as such on the page and in the URL when they appear. We do not run third-party advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, or affiliate-tracking links on editorial pages. We do not accept payment in exchange for product recommendations or coverage angles. We do not promote specific brands, products, insurance plans, or services.

If we are paid for placement on a page, that page will be labeled “Sponsored” at the top, in the URL, and in our internal records.

Contact

For corrections, editorial feedback, media questions, or republication permission, see our contact page.

For our full editorial standards, see About EIS Family Health Guide.