New 2027 CPT Maternity Codes Force Payers to Rebuild Reimbursement Models

Milliman explains that the 2027 CPT Editorial Panel overhaul replaces the long-standing global maternity bundle with granular codes for antepartum, labor, delivery, and postpartum services, requiring payers to rethink fee schedules rather than simply mapping old rates onto new codes. For Medicaid MCOs, which cover a large share of U.S. births, this shift has major implications for provider reimbursement design, total maternity cost trends, and member cost-sharing calculations under the new coding framework.</summary> </invoke>

Maternal · Managed Care · Finance

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