Ouma Health Launches Ouma Connect, Giving Surrogacy Agencies a Clear View of Medical Clearance for Every Gestational-Carrier Candidate

Circle Surrogacy is the first agency on the invitation-only portal, where agencies follow every candidate from referral to clearance, download reports the moment Ouma releases them and send requests without email. Ouma will show Connect at ASRM 2026 in Baltimore, booth 963.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ouma Health, the nation's largest independent maternity telemedicine company and the only one founded and led by maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) physicians, today launched Ouma Connect, a portal that gives surrogacy and reproductive-services agencies a working view of medical clearance, a step that happens inside a medical practice, out of the agency's sight. Circle Surrogacy, one of the largest and oldest agencies in the country , is the first agency on Connect. Access is available by invitation, at connect.oumahealth.com.

Ouma Connect is built for agencies to streamline workflows, gain insights, and improve efficiency related to MFM clearances. Every candidate an agency has  referred sits on one status board, giving agency staff a comprehensive and detailed view of the progress of each candidate, the days spent in the current stage, and the next appointment. The board automatically highlights action items for the agency to complete to decrease clearance turnaround times.. OnceOuma clears a candidate, the MFM clearance letter appears on the agency's Reports page the moment Ouma releases it.

Questions, revision requests, and changes can all be managed through Connect instead of email. with each request tied to its referral with the Ouma team's replies in the same thread. From any active referral, an agency can also create a private status link for the intended parents. Each agency gets its own branded referral form and a standing referral link for its coordinators, so new referrals arrive on the board already attributed to the agency.

"Medical clearance is the one step in screening a carrier that happens somewhere the agency can't see," said Sina Haeri, MD, MHSA, co-founder and CEO of Ouma Health. "Connect opens it up: where each candidate stands, what's booked next, and the letter the moment we release it. That's how a medical practice should work with the agencies that trust it with their candidates."

"The question our team hears most from intended parents is where things stand with their carrier's clearance, and until now the answer meant an email and a wait," said Heather Wilkinson, Senior Manager of Surrogate Success at Circle Surrogacy. "Now it's on our board. The clearance letter is there the moment Ouma releases it, and if a candidate is waiting on something only we can fix, Connect tells us that too. That's less chasing for our specialists and a faster answer for the families we work with."

Connect is built to share only what agencies need. Access is by invitation with two-step sign-in, each agency sees only its own referrals, candidates appear by first name and last initial, and Connect carries stages, dates and appointments.

Ouma Health will exhibit at the ASRM 2026 Scientific Congress & Expo, October 24 to 28 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Agencies can see Connect at booth 963, or ask about an invitation at oumahealth.com/reproductive-services.

About Ouma Health
Ouma Health is the nation's largest independent maternity telemedicine company and the only one founded and led by maternal-fetal medicine physicians. Licensed to practice in all 50 states, Ouma works with health plans, health systems, OB-GYN and midwifery groups, FQHCs, employers, fertility clinics and surrogacy agencies, from preconception through postpartum, on a care platform it builds itself. Learn more at oumahealth.com.

About Circle Surrogacy
Circle Surrogacy is passionate about helping people fulfill their dreams of having a family or becoming a surrogate. With more than 30 years of surrogacy agency experience and more than 4,000 babies born, they've helped to change countless lives.

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