Signal
CMS Reimbursement Ambiguity Threatens Deployment of High-Value Maternity Care Delivery Models
- Category
- · Policy · Global
- Date
- October 26, 2026
- Source
- OVUM
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces criticism for creating regulatory uncertainty around value-based maternity payments. This lack of clarity risks stalling the adoption of holistic, technology-enabled care models essential for addressing the rising maternal mortality crisis.
This sits in Maternal & Newborn and Care Delivery and changes the rules companies, insurers, and clinicians have to work within. Expect knock-on effects on what gets covered, how it gets paid for, and how quickly products can reach patients.
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