teleMFM · Maternal-Fetal Medicine

The MFM subspecialty, wherever your patients are

There are fewer than 3,000 maternal-fetal medicine specialists in the country, and nearly all of them practice in major metros. Ouma is the nation's largest independent, physician-led maternity telehealth practice. We bring board-certified MFM expertise into your clinic, your hospital, and the communities most in-person care cannot reach.

Licensed in all 50 states· Medicaid-enrolled in 20+· 24/7/365· 100% board-certified MFM on every consult
90.3%1
of U.S. counties have no practicing MFM physician
56%1
higher odds of above-average preterm birth where no MFM practices
<10%2
of Ouma patients need transfer to in-person MFM care
24/7/365
subspecialty coverage, nights, weekends, and holidays

1. Greiner AL, Haeri S, Nidey NL. Preterm Births and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician Workforce Location in the United States. Am J Perinatol, 2025.   2. Ouma program data.

The Landscape

A subspecialty in the wrong places

1 in 63 More than 1 in 6 U.S. births happen in rural facilities. Nearly all MFMs practice in urban centers.

Maternal-fetal medicine manages the most complex pregnancies: diabetes, hypertension, autoimmune disease, fetal anomalies, prior loss. It is also one of the scarcest resources in American medicine.

The map does not match where patients live. Ouma's own workforce research, published with a March of Dimes co-author, found that more than 90% of U.S. counties have no practicing MFM. Counties without one are significantly more likely to see above-average preterm birth rates.1

In parts of the country, a mother drives two, three, even four hours for a single consult. That distance is not a scheduling problem. It changes outcomes.

We are not here to argue that virtual MFM beats in-person care. Each model has its place. We are here because the supply and demand math is broken, and telemedicine is the way to close the gap at scale.

Ouma turns a local clinician into a national one. It is routine for a single Ouma MFM to see patients across four or five states in a day.

1. Greiner, Haeri, Nidey. Am J Perinatol, 2025.   3. SMFM Special Statement, via Contemporary OB/GYN, 2026.

How teleMFM deploys

Three modes. One subspecialty standard.

Outpatient

Outpatient teleMFM

Consultative MFM care in the patient's community.

  • Stand up a virtual MFM clinic that sees patients where they live
  • Add capacity to a short-staffed MFM practice without new hires
  • Embed a consultative service inside an OB/GYN office or birthing center
  • Manage abnormalities, growth restriction, diabetes, hypertension, and more
Settings: OB offices, birthing centers, freestanding clinics, MFM practices
Inpatient

Inpatient teleMFM

24/7/365 support for L&D, postpartum, and the OB-ED.

  • Support labor and delivery, the postpartum unit, and the OB-ED
  • Guide the primary provider when a high-risk patient arrives
  • Cover nights, weekends, holidays, and peak-volume gaps
  • Keep patients local, so fewer transfer out and revenue stays
Settings: community and rural hospitals, health systems, academic overflow
Imaging

Ultrasound Interpretation

Expert MFM reads that raise quality and open reimbursement.

  • MFMs train about 18 months on pregnancy imaging, far beyond other reads
  • Improves diagnostic quality and reduces the referring OB's liability
  • Works on your existing PACS, or deploys on our cloud solution
  • Follows AIUM, SMFM, ACOG, and ISUOG standards and best practices
Settings: OB offices, mobile ultrasound, community and home-birth midwives
Not sure where to start?

We'll help you match the right teleMFM model to your organization.

Let's map it out together
Why teleMFM works

Principles we practice by

Real clinicians, real continuity.

Every patient is matched with a licensed, board-certified MFM, not a coach or a chatbot. And they see the same clinician across the journey. This is a return to relationship-based medicine.

A local clinician, made national.

Telemedicine and the right tools let one subspecialist safely cover several states. Scarcity stops being destiny. Expertise reaches the patients who need it.

We integrate into you, not around you.

Ouma is a partner to your practice, not a replacement. As clinicians ourselves, we protect the relationship between you and your patient.

Founder credibility

We didn't just read the research on the MFM shortage. We wrote it.

Ouma was founded and is led by maternal-fetal medicine physicians. Our CEO, Dr. Sina Haeri, co-authored the study, with a March of Dimes collaborator, mapping how MFM workforce location tracks with preterm birth across the country.1

We have spent a decade building the largest maternity telehealth programs in the country. We have lived this problem. We are not Silicon Valley selling maternity.

American Journal of Perinatology Original Article · 2025
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Preterm Births and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician Workforce Location in the United States
Greiner AL, Haeri S, Nidey NL
Ouma Health · March of Dimes
Abstract

90.3% of U.S. counties have no practicing MFM physician.

PubMed Read the study
Pairs well with

The specialties that ride on teleMFM

High-risk pregnancy rarely travels alone. These Ouma services plug into the same visit and care team, extending diagnosis, monitoring, and support well beyond the MFM consult.

Who this is for

Built for the people responsible for maternity

Sources

  1. Greiner AL, Haeri S, Nidey NL. “Preterm Births and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician Workforce Location in the United States.” Am J Perinatol, 2025. 90.3% of U.S. counties had no practicing MFM; counties without an MFM had about 56% higher odds of above-average preterm birth. PubMed
  2. Ouma program data: under 10% of Ouma patients require transfer to in-person MFM care.
  3. SMFM Special Statement on rural and underserved MFM access, via Contemporary OB/GYN, 2026: nearly all MFM subspecialists practice in urban centers, even though more than 1 in 6 births occur in rural facilities.