Practice Management News

In 2017 and 2019, about 16% of pregnant people with past 30-day alcohol use were advised by a health care provider to quit or reduce their consumption, a recent study in MWWR found.

As a practicing obstetrician, I was struck by the irony of this year’s theme for Maternal Health Awareness Day, observed Jan. 23: “Know Why.”

Using a wide range of data on contraception and preconception care, researchers in the United Kingdom developed a community-based model that holistically addresses women’s reproductive health care and needs throughout their lives.

A study of pregnant people with syphilis found that substance use during pregnancy was nearly twice as common among those who delivered an infant with congenital syphilis than among peers who did not pass the infection to their baby.

Hormone therapy may promote better memory and cognitive function and larger brain volumes among women carrying APOE4, a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.

The ACP has proposed a new process to streamline specialty referrals — a step that experts have called critical to fixing a massive issue in health care — but questions remain about the plan’s feasibility.

Expanded Medicaid coverage was associated with a reduction in postpartum hospitalizations in the 6 months — particularly in the first 60 days — after delivery, according to data published in Health Affairs.

Women receiving buprenorphine-naloxone therapy for the treatment of opioid use disorder during pregnancy had similar outcomes vs. buprenorphine therapy alone in terms of maternal and neonatal health, data show.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, has recently voted to recommend that Congress increase 2024 Medicare payments for physicians and other health services.

Among California patients with cervical cancer, women aged 65 years and older had a greater disease burden compared with younger women, researchers reported.