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, or the CHEC. The CHEC Committee works to advocate for obstetrician-gynecologists and to ensure that physicians are paid fairly for their work. This podcast is a companion to ACOG's Payment in Practice webinar series. Have any coding questions? Visit the ACOG Payment Advocacy and Policy Portal and s ...
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Bonus Episode! Perinatal Mental Health and Collaborative Care
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28:16This bonus episode for Payment in Practice provides actionable steps to establish a collaborative care model into obstetric practices for the management of perinatal mental health. Dr. Emily Miller, Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, talks about her work establishing an integ…
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Bonus Episode! Perinatal Mental Health and Tailored Prenatal Care
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26:44In our first ever bonus episode, we have a discussion with Dr. Alex Peahl, Assistant Profession of University of Michigan Health and a primary author of the new Tailored Prenatal Care guidance published by ACOG in May of 2025. We learn how the guidance kept maternal mental health top of mind during the development, and tailored care meets the indiv…
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In our sixth episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, viewers will hear about the practical considerations of billing and coding to understand when you’re first out of residence and beginning your practice! Viewers will hear from the CHEC’s David Holtz, MD, FACOG; Eilean Attwood MD, MPH, FACOG; Judith Volkar, MD, FACOG; and Lauren MacAfee, MD, F…
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In our fifth episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, listeners will learn about the business of medicine from an interview with Grant Cox MD, FACOG, including why it's important to learn business principles as physicians regardless of their career level, key business skills that he has learned over time, how to strike a balance between medical …
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In our fifth episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, viewers will learn about the RUC survey that is sent to ACOG members to determine the physician work and time for a modified or new procedure code. Viewers will hear about the survey and CPT code development process from the CHEC’s John Patrick Horton, MD, FACOG; David Holtz, MD, FACOG; and L…
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In our third episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, viewers will hear from the CHEC's Jon Hathaway, MD, PhD, FACOG about Relative Value Units, or RVUs, that are used to quantify the value of a physician’s services by insurance companies and healthcare systems. Have any coding questions? Visit the ACOG Payment Advocacy and Policy Portal and sub…
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In our second episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, viewers will learn about global coding packages, that are intended to ease the process of billing and coding by bundling the professional and ancillary services associated with a patient’s care into one bill. Viewers will hear expert opinions from the CHEC’s Jon Hathaway, MD, PhD, FACOG; Nic…
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In our first episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, viewers will learn about ACOG’s Committee for Health Economics and Coding, or CHEC, and how they advocate for ACOG fellows and members to receive fair and equitable payment for the physicians’ work and time. Hear from CHEC's Gregory DeMeo DO, FACOG, Gwenn Jackson MD, FACOG, and Eilean Attwood…
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