Payment in Practice: Conversations for OB/GYNs

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, 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 submit your question today! To learn more about our coding resources in general, visit our website.

Episodes

September 17, 2025 9 mins

In our ninth episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, the CHEC committee discusses things to remember when coding and documenting patient visits, and how to avoid common errors when doing so. 

Our CHEC experts include John Horton, MD, FACOG; Jon Hathaway, MD, PhD, FACOG; Judith Volkar, MD, FACOG; and Lisa Hofler, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG. 

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Meet Dr. Ardienne Zertuche, who went from residency to private practice. She talks about the advantages she enjoys being in a group practice, what she has learned and the importance of mentorship from the business of medicine perspective. 

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July 16, 2025 7 mins

In our seventh episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, viewers will hear guidance on how to effectively and efficiently code for obstetric and gynecology services from the CHEC's Gwenn Jackson, MD, FACOG; Nichole Mahnert, MD, FACOG; David Holtz MD, FACOG; and Gregory DeMeo, DO, FACOG.

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This 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 integrated behavioral health collaborative care team and how this model can be scaled for ...

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In 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 individual needs of all pregnant patients, especially those with mental health conditions....

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June 18, 2025 5 mins

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, FACOG.

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May 21, 2025 25 mins

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 responsibilities and demands of the business, billing and coding, and so much mo...

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April 16, 2025 9 mins

In our fourth 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 Lisa Hofler MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG. 

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March 19, 2025 6 mins

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. 

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February 19, 2025 11 mins

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; Nichole Mahnert, MD, FACOG; Gwenn Jackson, MD, FACOG; and Eilean Attwood, MD, ...

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January 22, 2025 10 mins

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 MD, MPH, FACOG.

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