Nation’s Ob-Gyns Applaud IPAB Repeal
“The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the nation’s largest professional organization for women’s health care physicians, commends the U.S. Congress for the bipartisan...
View ArticleACOG Response to ARRIVE Trial
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has reviewed the limited data currently available from the study released Feb. 1 at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine annual meeting...
View ArticleDeclared candidates for national office for May 2019-May 2020, listed by office
Declared candidates for national office for the term May 2019 to May 2020 are listed by office. They will appear before the Committee on Nominations and interested members at the National Officer...
View ArticleDirect to Consumer Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Creates...
“Assessing cancer risk begins well before a genetic test is performed and includes multiple steps to evaluate all the factors that contribute to a patient’s risk potential. Understanding the...
View ArticleNational Academy of Medicine Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Comprehensive...
“The Graham-Cassidy health care bill was an assault on women’s health that would have gut access to reproductive care. I am glad it’s been defeated,” said Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. “As a doctor, I took an...
View Article2019 District & Section Call for Candidates: Deadline June 1st
We are currently accepting nominations from the following Districts & Sections for the 2019-2021 election cycle.
View ArticleACOG Redesigns Postpartum Care
Given the urgent need to reduce severe maternal morbidity and mortality, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released today a revised Committee Opinion to reinforce the...
View ArticleResearch Awards Announced for ACOG 2018 Annual Meeting
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is pleased to announce the ACOG Annual Meeting research award winners, who were selected from among authors of more than 700 outstanding...
View ArticleLisa M. Hollier, M.D., Becomes 69th President of The American College of...
Today, Lisa M. Hollier, M.D., of Houston, Texas became the 69th president of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), based in Washington, D.C.
View ArticleAnnual well woman visit to the OB/GYN can keep your heart healthy
As heart disease and stroke continue to be the leading causes of death in women, the advisory notes the essential role OB/GYNs play in actively helping women reduce their risk, since approximately 90...
View ArticleACOG Recommends Postpartum Pain Management Approach Tailored to Patients
Evidence shows that women experience pain in variable ways during the early postpartum period. As such, providers should engage in a shared decision-making approach to pain management instead of...
View ArticleAmerica’s Women’s Health Providers Oppose Efforts to Exclude Qualified...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the...
View ArticleOb-Gyns Have Important Role on Care Team for Women with Eating Disorders
Ob-gyns may be one of the first health care providers an adolescent or young woman encounters with warning signs or symptoms of an eating disorder and the new Committee Opinion aims to equip ob-gyns...
View ArticleJoint Statement of Practice Relations Between Obstetrician-Gynecologists and...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) affirm our shared goal of safe women’s health care in the United States through the...
View ArticleJoint Principles on Opioid Crisis Call for Comprehensive, Public Health...
Leaders of six medical organizations representing more than 560,000 physicians and medical students called on Congress today to adopt policies that recognize opioid use disorder (OUD) as a chronic...
View ArticleACOG Applauds Senate for Advancing Maternal Health Bill
“This bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Shelley Moore-Capito (R-WV), will help reverse our country’s rising maternal mortality rate by assisting states to...
View ArticleACOG Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra
“In our amicus brief, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) makes it clear that policies that allow women to obtain desired medical services as quickly and safely as possible...
View ArticleTop X on Title X
Organizations representing over 700,000 women’s and adolescents’ health care providers oppose all efforts to limit medically accurate health care information available to patients and to exclude...
View ArticleTed L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Announced as ACOG President-Elect
Anderson is the Betty and Lonnie S. Burnett professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Anderson earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees...
View ArticleNation’s Ob-Gyns File Multiple Amicus Briefs in Title X Cases
Today, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and leading medical groups filed amicus briefs in several cases across the country in support of states’ and organizations’ motions...
View ArticleFDA Issues Warning about Vinpocetine for Women with Reproductive Potential
On Tuesday, June 4 the FDA issued a warning advising pregnant women and women who could become pregnant to not take dietary supplements containing vinpocetine due to possible reproductive safety risks
View ArticleACOG Statement on AMA Support for 12 Months of Postpartum Coverage under...
ACOG is pleased that our physician colleagues from across specialties and around the country have joined ob-gyns in speaking out in support of extending Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum. There...
View ArticleACOG Statement on HPV Vaccination
During this historic measles outbreak, ACOG has recently supported a new Measles and MMR resource and algorithm for pregnant women.
View ArticleACOG Committee on Nominations Selects Slate of National Officer Nominees for...
View the officer nominees for the following national offices: President Elect, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Fellow-at-Large and Young Physician-at-Large for the term April 2020 to May 2021.
View ArticleACOG Statement on Title X
“We are disappointed that the Administration is moving forward with these changes and we hope that pending litigation will restore the ability of Title X providers to speak honestly and openly with...
View ArticleACOG Statement on Federal Surprise Billing Legislation
“ACOG believes that patients should be protected from unanticipated medical bills for care provided by an out-of-network physician."
View ArticleAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for...
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine Release Updated Guidance to Help Hospitals Provide Risk Appropriate Maternal Care
View ArticleLeading Medical and Public Health Organizations Highlight Critical Importance...
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College Health Association (ACHA), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American...
View ArticleACOG Applauds First Round of Grants Awarded from Preventing Maternal Deaths Act
“The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists applauds the CDC for moving quickly to award states the funding for their important work to eliminate preventable maternal mortality. The...
View ArticleACOG Statement on Title X Program
When the current administration announced the new rule restricting the ability of Title X grantees to offer patients medically accurate, comprehensive counseling and referrals to abortion providers,...
View ArticleMaureen G. Phipps, MD, MPH, FACOG, Joins the American College of...
Today, Maureen G. Phipps, MD, MPH, FACOG, assumed the role of CEO of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the nation’s leading membership organization of 58,000 ob-gyns and...
View ArticleACOG Updates Guidance on Over-the-Counter Access to Hormonal Contraception
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has expanded its recommendations on over-the-counter access to hormonal contraception. ACOG believes that vaginal rings, the contraceptive...
View ArticleAbortion Can Be Medically Necessary
“The science of medicine is not subjective, and a strongly held personal belief should never outweigh scientific evidence, override standards of medical care, or drive policy that puts a person’s...
View ArticleACOG Statement on CMS Removal of Burdensome Regulatory Requirements
Ted L. Anderson, MD, PhD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), issued the following statement regarding the new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
View ArticleACOG Statement on 17p Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate
ACOG’s clinical guidance, ‘Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Birth,’ details important information for ob-gyns caring for patients at risk for preterm birth, including risk factors, screening...
View ArticleACOG Leads Coalition of Major Medical Organizations in Submitting Amicus...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) led a coalition of medical organizations in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday regarding EMW...
View ArticleACOG Updates Members about Progesterone Injection
The Food and Drug Administration’s Bone, Reproductive, and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee panel met to discuss the approval status of Makena for reducing the risk of preterm birth in women who have...
View ArticleACOG Statement on "Virginity Testing"
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) does not have guidance on "virginity testing."
View ArticleACOG Applauds U.S. House for Advancing Maternal Health Bills
“ACOG applauds the House Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing H.R. 4995 and H.R. 4996. The committee took a giant step toward eliminating preventable maternal deaths with these two critically...
View ArticleSkye Perryman JD Named Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
ACOG announced that Skye Perryman, JD, has assumed the role of Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Ms. Perryman will lead ACOG’s legal, public policy, and government affairs work during a critical...
View ArticleACOG Opposes CMS Decision Excluding Qualified Medicaid Providers
“We are disappointed that the Administration is moving forward with these changes and we hope that pending litigation will restore the ability of Title X providers to speak honestly and openly with...
View ArticleThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Releases Primer on...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released its first-ever guidance for practitioners on how to implement telehealth in practice.
View ArticleACOG: Standardized National Maternal Mortality Data by NCHS Is Critical Step...
Maureen G. Phipps, MD, MPH, FACOG, CEO of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), released the following statement regarding the U.S. maternal mortality data released by the...
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