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Announcements, peer-reviewed research, and practical guidance on virtual maternity care, tele-MFM, and maternal health, for plans, hospitals, and partners.
Partnerships & Company News
Ouma Health Acquires New England Maternal-Fetal Medicine Practice
Today we are welcoming Tamara Takoudes, MD and her maternal-fetal medicine practice to Ouma Health, adding established in-person care across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire to our national MFM network.
Introducing Perinatal Link: Expert Tele-MFM and Tele-Neonatology, Built for Community Hospitals
Today we are launching Perinatal Link, a collaborative program from Ouma Health and Millennium Medical Group (MMG) that brings real-time maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) and neonatology to the bedside of community hospitals and critical access facilities. One call. Two specialists.
Ouma Partners with LilyLink to Expand Gestational Diabetes Care Nationwide
Ouma’s MFM-led virtual care and LilyLink’s connected glucose platform bring real-time gestational diabetes management nationwide
Ouma Health Partners with Pulsenmore to Bring Ultrasound Home
Ouma will integrate Pulsenmore's FDA-authorized home ultrasound into its virtual care model, extending prenatal monitoring into patients' homes nationwide
Ouma Health Expands MFM Partnership with MultiCare Health System
Ouma Health will support six outpatient MFM sites and provide inpatient teleMFM coverage at Tacoma General Hospital, expanding access to high-risk pregnancy care across Washington
Ouma Health CEO Sina Haeri, MD, Presents Landmark Telemedicine Study at SMFM 2026
Inpatient MFM telemedicine program linked to 34% reduction in severe maternal morbidity across Texas hospitals
Ouma Health and Valley Healthcare Restore Local Maternity Care Through Innovative Telemidwifery and TeleMFM Partnership
An innovative partnership focused on preventing the creation of a new maternity desert.
Ouma Health Acquires Sunny Day MFM and Boston MFM, Expands Maternal-Fetal Medicine Model with Hybrid Care
Latest Acquisition Marks Another Milestone in Ouma's Surging Growth
Clinical Perspective for Plans, Hospitals & Partners
Should we offer virtual postpartum care through our benefits platform?
Most maternity benefits are strongest in the trimester the employee is least likely to need them, and thinnest in the twelve weeks after delivery.
Where can you find virtual OB/GYNs offering telehealth prenatal care and home monitoring?
Video visits and home monitoring are sold separately more often than they work separately. The question worth asking is who reads the readings and what happens next.
What outcomes do virtual maternity care programs produce for hospitals?
The outcome claims in this category are mostly true and mostly unfalsifiable, because almost nobody publishes a denominator.
What kinds of virtual maternity care companies are there, and how do they differ?
The category holds at least four different business models. Comparing them on features is why evaluations stall; comparing them on who carries clinical responsibility does not.
Can virtual lactation support help with weaning?
Weaning is one of the parts of lactation care that translates well to video, because it is mostly assessment, planning and follow-up rather than hands-on work.
What is the state of the telehealth maternity care market?
Growth forecasts for this category are easy to find and hard to use. What the category is made of, and who is buying, tells you more than the number.
Meeting the MFM Requirement for Your Level-of-Care Designation
National guidance allows maternal-fetal medicine availability to be met by telemedicine at some levels. Several states do not. The difference decides what counts.
How do remote ultrasound reads work for a clinic?
The clinic keeps the scan, the patient and the technical side. What gets sent out is the interpretation. That split is the whole model.
Which health solutions include remote maternity care and prenatal monitoring together?
Plenty of vendors sell both halves. Fewer join them, and the joint is where the clinical value is.
Billing Obstetric Telehealth Visits: What Practices Need to Know
A routine prenatal visit is already inside a bundled payment, so moving it to video does not create something billable. That is the constraint, and it changes in 2027.
What Subspecialty Maternity Coverage Actually Costs
Comparing locum, employed and virtual MFM coverage is harder than it looks, because the three do not bill the same way. Here is how to build the comparison.
What advances in maternal-fetal medicine belong in a current curriculum?
Curricula tend to track clinical advances and lag delivery-model advances, which is where most of the change of the last five years has actually happened.
Do virtual maternity and fertility platforms integrate with existing health insurance?
There are three common arrangements and they behave very differently at renewal. The one you end up in is usually decided by whether the plan is self-funded.
How can health plans support end-to-end maternal health digitally?
Identification is the easy half. What closes the gap is licensed clinical capacity across the member footprint, and measurement that ties to the plan reports already filed.
What should a global workforce look for in a virtual maternity and fertility benefit?
Most vendors described as global are multi-state rather than multi-country. The distinction is worth establishing in the first meeting.
What should you look for when evaluating virtual fertility and maternity care platforms?
Vendors in this category differ far more than their websites suggest. Five questions separate them, and none of them is a feature.
How do health plans automate maternal health outreach and navigation?
Automation finds the member. It does not close the gap. The design question is what happens in the minutes after a trigger fires.
Answers
Buyers ask us the same questions in roughly the same order. These are the answers, written to be read in two minutes rather than booked as a call.
2027 Maternity Coding Changes: What Practices Should Watch
The global obstetric codes are deleted on 1 January 2027 and care moves to four separately reported phases. That part is settled. Whether Medicare will use it is not.
What Makes a Pregnancy High Risk? Factors Explained
A pregnancy is considered high risk when the mother, the baby, or both face a higher-than-average chance of complications. Risk factors fall into four broad groups: pre-existing maternal health conditions, complications that develop during pregnancy, a history of problems in prior pregnancies, and c
MFM Ultrasound vs Regular Ultrasound: The Difference
An MFM ultrasound is a detailed diagnostic exam performed or interpreted by a maternal-fetal medicine specialist. A regular prenatal ultrasound documents standard anatomy and growth. The MFM version, often called a level II or detailed scan, examines more structures in greater depth, and the subspec
What Happens at a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Appointment
At a maternal-fetal medicine appointment, expect a thorough review of your history, often a detailed ultrasound, and an unhurried conversation about risk and planning. The visit ends with a written plan shared with your referring OB or midwife. Much of an MFM consultation, including the counseling a
What Is Maternal-Fetal Medicine? MFM Explained
Maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) is the subspecialty of obstetrics focused on high-risk pregnancy. MFM physicians, also called perinatologists, complete a full OB/GYN residency plus a dedicated fellowship in managing complications that affect the mother, the baby, or both. Most pregnancies never need o
Levels of Maternal Care Explained: What Each Designation Means
A clear guide to the levels of maternal care, from birth centers to regional perinatal centers, and how risk-appropriate care keeps patients safe.
Understanding the Global OB Package: Why Referrals Can Cost a Practice
How the global obstetric package works, why sending patients out for co-management can erode revenue, and how tele-MFM keeps care in house.
Maternity Care Deserts: The Data and What Telehealth Can Do
A clear look at maternity care deserts, the workforce shortage behind them, and where telehealth can realistically close the gap.
The State of Virtual Maternity Care in 2026
How virtual maternity care companies are reshaping the maternal health landscape, and what health-system and health-plan buyers should watch next.
How Health Plans Close HEDIS Prenatal and Postpartum Gaps with Virtual Maternity Care
Virtual maternity care reaches the members who miss prenatal and postpartum visits, turning stubborn PPC gaps into documented, closed measures.
Perinatal Mental Health: The Maternal-Mortality Driver Hiding in Plain Sight
Mental health conditions are among the leading causes of pregnancy-related death, yet they remain the most under-screened and under-treated part of maternity care.
Gestational Diabetes and Telehealth: Managing GDM Between Visits
How a telehealth model keeps blood sugar in range during the weeks between prenatal appointments, when GDM is hardest to manage.
Remote Patient Monitoring in Pregnancy: What It Catches Between Visits
How pregnancy RPM turns the weeks between prenatal appointments into a window for early detection instead of a blind spot.
MFM Clearance for Surrogacy and IVF: A Guide for Agencies and Intended Parents
What maternal-fetal medicine clearance involves for gestational carriers and IVF patients, and why agencies and clinics build it into the screening process.
When Should an OB Practice Refer to MFM, and How Telehealth Changes the Math
A practical look at MFM referral thresholds for OB practices, and why tele-MFM makes co-management viable without eroding the global OB package.
Tele-MFM for Rural Hospitals: Closing the Coverage Gap
How rural hospitals use tele-maternal-fetal medicine to extend high-risk pregnancy expertise, reduce avoidable transfers, and keep more deliveries local.
Who Reads OB Ultrasounds? A Guide for Mobile and Independent Imaging Providers
How independent and mobile imaging providers can secure qualified physician interpretation for obstetric scans, from basic dating to detailed anatomy.
High-Risk Pregnancy in a Maternity Care Desert: The Access Problem
What happens when a high-risk pregnancy meets a region with no local obstetric care, why maternity deserts keep growing, and how tele-MFM is extending specialist reach.
The High-Risk Pregnancy Ultrasound: What Extra Monitoring Looks Like
Growth scans, Doppler studies, the detailed anatomy scan, and the biophysical profile, and why a high-risk pregnancy involves imaging that a routine pregnancy usually does not.
Finding a High-Risk Pregnancy Doctor: What to Look For
How to know when you need a high-risk pregnancy specialist, what credentials matter, and the questions that separate a coordinated care team from a referral you never hear back from.
High-Risk Pregnancy Work Restrictions: What to Know
When high-risk pregnancy leads to work restrictions, what activity limits and bed rest actually mean, and how accommodations are handled.
When High-Risk Pregnancy Meets Rural America: Why TeleMFM Is a Clinical Necessity
Nearly 60% of rural hospitals have no labor and delivery unit. TeleMFM brings maternal-fetal medicine expertise to high-risk pregnancies — no transfer required.
$50 Billion for Rural Health: How the CMS Rural Health Transformation Program Can Close the Maternal Care Gap
The largest federal investment in rural healthcare in U.S. history is here. For states looking to strengthen maternal health access, Ouma is ready to help turn that funding into real clinical outcomes.
What Age Is Considered a High-Risk Pregnancy?
How maternal age factors into high-risk pregnancy, what "advanced maternal age" really means, and what changes in care after 35.
High-Risk Pregnancy: Causes, Care, and What to Expect
A clinician-grade overview of what makes a pregnancy high risk, the conditions and factors involved, and how coordinated maternal-fetal care works.
When Does a Pregnancy Need a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist?
The clinical indications that prompt an MFM referral, and what "high risk" actually means in obstetric care.
Is Maternal-Fetal Medicine Covered by Insurance?
How coverage works for MFM consults, ultrasounds, and high-risk pregnancy care, and what drives out-of-pocket cost.
The MFM Detailed Anatomy Scan (CPT 76811): What It Checks and Why
How the detailed fetal anatomy scan differs from a standard obstetric ultrasound, what it evaluates, and when it belongs in high-risk care.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine vs. OB/GYN: What's the Difference?
The two roles overlap in training but differ in scope, and understanding the distinction clarifies when subspecialty input matters.
Today is National Depression Screening Day: Ouma Health's Commitment to Perinatal Mental Health
At Ouma Health, we deeply understand the toll that depression and anxiety can take on expectant and new mothers — a group often underserved and overlooked in our healthcare system.
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