Major healthcare insurers and philanthropic organizations are taking bold steps to address systemic challenges in care delivery and remote patient monitoring, while regulatory bodies reshape reimbursement models for long-term sustainability. This month, the comment period around CMS’ proposed rule with changes to obstetric billing and remote patient monitoring requirements ended on September 14, 2026. A final decision is expected on November 1, 2026. ACOG and the AMA’s overhaul of CPT coding for obstetric services, effectively unbundling traditional global OB billing, takes effect January 1, 2027.
Payment in Practice: Conversations for OB/GYNs
ACOG's Payment in Practice provides scenarios for coding and billing for procedures typically performed by obstetrician-gynecologists directly from ACOG's Committee on Health Economics and Coding. For anyone interested in unbundling and new coding and billing procedures, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify at the links below:
9/23, STAT: UnitedHealth, CVS push back on Medicare plan to curb remote patient monitoring
Major insurance payers including UnitedHealth and CVS are pushing back against proposed Medicare policy changes aimed at curtailing remote patient monitoring (RPM) utilization and billing practices. While CMS seeks to tighten regulations around digital devices like connected blood pressure cuffs and glucose monitors, insurers warn that overcorrecting could disrupt essential care management for patients with chronic conditions.
9/18, Becker’s Health IT: 35 health systems urge CMS to drop proposed remote patient monitoring ban
Over 230 healthcare organizations signed on to urge CMS not to finalize its proposed rule, which would instate employment restrictions on remote patient monitoring staffing starting in January 2027. The current remote patient monitoring model often utilizes third party vendors to facilitate logistics, initial triage, and trigger routing, especially for health systems or private practices with limited internal staff. If finalized, the proposed rule could make offering remote patient monitoring unsustainable for smaller or rural practices.
9/17, AMA: FAQs: CPT® 2027 coding for maternity care spanning transition date
The American Medical Association (AMA) released guidance on how healthcare providers should transition from global obstetric billing to individual evaluation and management (E/M) coding starting January 1, 2027. The FAQs clarify how practices should manage billing for patients whose care spans 2026 and 2027.
9/10: U.S. News: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America Pledges $100M to Cut US Maternal Mortality Rate in Half
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America has pledged $100 million over five years to halve the U.S. maternal mortality rate by 2031. Founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, the initiative will leverage state matching grants and private funding to expand rural healthcare access, support midwife training, and improve maternal health data collection.
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