Good riddance to bundled ‘global’ maternal care billing New fee-for-service maternity care billing will help patients, physicians, and public health ++

https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/23/global-maternity-care-billing-acog-explains/ By Camille A. Clare and Lisa G. HoflerJuly 23, 2026 Clare is president of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists. Hofler is the ACOG adviser to the CPT Editorial Panel and a member of ACOG’s Committee on Health Economics and Coding. New billing codes likely to raise maternity care costs Employers and Medicaid will bear the brunt of the changes https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/23/global-billing-maternity-care-mistake/ By Jeff Levin-ScherzJuly 23, 2026 Levin-Scherz is a senior managing director and population health leader of the North American health and benefits practice at WTW. He is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.