Pregnancy options counseling is a person-centered process through which one provides information regarding management options in continuing a pregnancy or not and seeks to understand a patient’s values, beliefs, preferences, concerns, and ambivalence regarding pregnancy. In practice, upholding comprehensive person-centered pregnancy options counseling is a nuanced process. A health care ... Read more >

It is critically important that patients are counseled on the higher rates of morbidity associated with expectant management, which may be greater than previously reported, to ensure they can make a fully informed decision regarding their care. Although current recommendations support offering both expectant management and immediate delivery—including termination of ... Read more >

It is crucial to emphasize the significance of reimbursing Detailed First-Trimester Ultrasounds (DFTUs) and the proposed adjustment to the guidance for CPT® code 76811, traditionally associated with second-trimester ultrasounds. Historically, this code has been restricted to one examination per pregnancy, a limitation acknowledged by medical societies and underscored by payor ... Read more >

This update, titled Providing Quality Family Planning Services in the United States: Recommendations of the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (Revised 2024), provides recommendations developed by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ... Read more >

Self-managed abortion (SMA) refers to actions people take to end a pregnancy outside the formal health care system. There are a variety of reasons people choose to self-manage their abortions, and these reasons may vary based on regional contexts. For some people, medically delivered abortion care is no longer, or ... Read more >