ObG Project Podcasts

Health disparities in the United States are not a foregone conclusion and all of us can be part of the solution! We talk to Ebony Carter today and discuss the drivers of health disparities in the United States and explain the impact of implicit bias and racism on health outcomes. We discuss evidence for group prenatal care as a potential solution and review potential mechanisms for why group prenatal care may promote health equity. As always, our med-ed enthusiast Dr. Ashley Comfort joins us to moderate the discussion. 

Today we feature Tamar Goldwaser and the New ACMG Guidelines for Prenatal and Preconception Carrier Screening. Genetic testing is expensive! Until now it has been reserved for a few populations that are known to be at higher risk. But we have missed many carriers this way. Many families continue to be unprepared for the news that their child has a severe inherited genetic condition that was passed on from the parents. 

What about everyone else? The time is now! With advanced technology making testing for hundreds of genes all at once, faster and cheaper, we can finally envision a reality where all patients can be tested before they start to build a family. If a couple finds out that they are carriers, they can use this information to take advantage of various reproductive options. 

This is genetic testing for all! This is one step towards equity in reproductive medicine. I am proud to be an author on a Practice Resource published by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) entitled “Screening for autosomal recessive and X-linked conditions during pregnancy and preconception,” which recommends a uniform set of conditions for carrier screening panels for all individuals, regardless of ethnicity, race or population. It is my hope that this leads to increased awareness, familiarity and clarity among doctors and genetics professionals and also puts pressure on insurance companies to cover testing. 

OBG CORExchange a podcast featuring regular discussions with renowned researchers (and the resident researchers, too!) to discuss practical advice, mentorship, and resources for any academically inclined physician.

This episode features Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Dr. Fitzgerald is a life-long Pittsburgher with research expertise in a myriad of topics including patient-centered outcomes in pelvic reconstructive surgery, surgical innovation in pelvic reconstructive surgery, equity in medicine, the role of social media in medicine.

OBG CORExchange a podcast featuring regular discussions with renowned researchers (and the resident researchers, too!) to discuss practical advice, mentorship, and resources for any academically inclined physician. 

Switching gears to gynecology, come join us for a discussion with Gyn Oncologist Dr. Haley Moss, MD, MBA (@haleyarden1) and clinical fellow Dr. Benjamin Albright (@benalbrightmd) on how states’ rights to adopt Medicaid expansion inadvertently lent itself to a public health experiment as well as their motivation and passion for research centered on public policy.

OBG CORExchange a podcast featuring regular discussions with renowned researchers (and the resident researchers, too!) to discuss practical advice, mentorship, and resources for any academically inclined physician.

Hosted by Dr. Nancy Chescheir and Dr. Ashley Comfort, come hear us talk to Dr. Nathan Fox and Dr. Mackenzie Naert as they join us to discuss their research on subchorionic hematomas and pregnancy outcomes. Listen to how Dr. Naert researched her research mentors until she found the right one and how Dr. Fox shaped his research questions from clinical practice.

Today we feature Dr. Emma Grabinski, MD, FACOG and welcome back our wonderful coding expert Dr. Barbara Levy as our moderator! You might remember her from last month's GrandRounds live  "Coding and Payment for Ob/Gyn" Achieving Equity in Reimbursement. We discuss coding and payments for Ob/Gyn, how to maximize payment, and make sure that you are being paid for the work you do.

We discuss how to describe services included under global OBGYN coding and identify common procedures performed that fall outside of the global bundle. We learn how to recognize clinical scenarios that should be coded in addition to global coding and how to optimize your coding skills for a more efficient practice model

We're adding a new podcast to the ObGProject Pods family - OBG CORExchange. A podcast featuring regular discussions with renowned researchers (and the resident researchers, too!) to discuss practical advice, mentorship, and resources for any academically inclined physician.

Our inaugural podcast features Dr. Katherine Hartmann. Dr. Hartmann is a highly renowned rare mix of Ob/Gyn AND epidemiologist as well as Vice President for Research Integration at Vanderbilt University. She has published extensively on a number of topics, including fibroids and fertility. She is a self-described “no-nonsense purveyor of evidence-based mentoring and dedicated disruptor of dogma” and joins us on the podcast to discuss Edge for Scholars, a website comprised of “senior faculty, early-career trainees, productive scientists, opinionated curmudgeons, passionate advocates, experienced writers, grant reviewers, and dedicated mentors who are hard at work providing more fuel for your intellectual fire”.

Today we featurer Dr. Barbara Levy and welcome back our wonderful Med-Ed extraordinaire Dr. Ashley Comfort as our moderator! We discuss coding and payments for Ob/Gyn, how to maximize payment, and make sure that you are being paid for the work you do.

We discuss using coding principles to maximize payment and how to Identify how RVUs for codes are determined and recognize how to achieve parity. How to identify and differentiate the health policy related to Pay for Performance (P4P) and the P4P measures for incorporation into practice. We also dive into Dr. Levy's experience with coding and how she became such an expert.

We all were thrown into using telemedicine during the pandemic out of necessity, but how do we continue using telehealth as a continued tool in our practice, and what operational details do we need to be aware of (licensure, parity, restrictions).

Today we are speaking to Dr. Sina Haeri about telehealth in Obstetrics and Gynecology The Past, Present, and Making the Future Work for General Obstetrics. Again, we welcome back Dr. Nancy Chescheir as our moderator! We will describe the history of telehealth in obstetrics and gynecology, recognize best practices in telehealth including licensure requirements, and local rules/regulations, design a scalable telehealth solution for your practice irrespective of size or scope, assess telehealth vendors when selecting a technology or clinical partner.

SMFM recently updated guidance on the administration of antenatal corticosteroids in the late preterm period. We will indicate the best available data for counseling patients. This week we have the fantastic Nancy Chescheir, MD, FACOG as our moderator. Dr. Chescheir is a clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist. Her primary interests are in global women’s health, fetal disorders, and high order multiple gestations. She has served in multiple administrative roles, including the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, acting chair at UNC School of Medicine, Associate Dean for the Curriculum at UNC, Chief of Staff at Bokamoso Private Hospital in Botswana, and Scientific Program Director for the NICHD Randomized Controlled Trial of in utero v standard repair of fetal myelomeningocele. 

Today we talk with Luciana Vieira, MD about Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids and understanding the new practice guidelines as well as how they impact care. In our discussion, we touch upon how to describe and assess indications and exclusions for late preterm steroid administration, review evidence supporting the use of antenatal corticosteroid use in the late preterm period, and describe known benefits and limitations of late preterm steroid administration. We also describe considerations for counseling patients about risks, benefits, and unknowns of late preterm use