AJMC: Center on Health Equity & Access

With 20 hospitals earning the Honor Roll distinction, the U.S. News & World Report compared hospitals in 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Only 160 earned the "Best Hospitals" ranking, signifying excellence in clinical outcomes, nursing care, and patient safety practices. https://lnkd.in/em9E6FPh #TopHospitals #BestHospitals #UShealthcare Giuliana Grossi

What the new CMS Physician Fee Schedule and federal maternal health standards mean for the state of health equity.

The 2025 Physician Fee Schedule includes a conversion factor reduction, expanded behavioral health services, extended telehealth waivers, new Quality Payment Program pathways, and measures to address suspect billing, alongside a Biden administration initiative introducing federal maternal health standards for hospitals. https://lnkd.in/eakHjr8X #healthequity #maternalhealth #physicianfee #CMS

Nearly half (44%) of respondents in the Siftwell report released today said that they have been diagnosed with depression, and 42% reported being diagnosed with anxiety, and 29% of respondents reported that it is difficult to access mental health services where they live. https://lnkd.in/eTPtAjyH #mentalhealth #healthequity Giuliana Grossi

In this week's episode of Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity, Kimberly Zynn, vice president of UPMC Health Plan's provider network and development relations team, discusses the new lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) affirming provider designation recognized in the UPMC Health Plan's provider directory. https://lnkd.in/gvSq7-XA #healthequity #LGBTQIA #healthcare Giuliana Grossi

Pride Month may be coming to a close, but The Center on Health Equity & Access will continue to share examples of how our health system can improve and shed light on the inequities that exist for the LGBTQ+ community.

A new report by the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has put persistent inequities in the US health care system into perspective. Despite the country’s position as a global leader in health care expenditure, the US has made minimal progress in advancing health care equity over the past 2 decades. Racial and ethnic disparities remain glaring defects in the nation's health care system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes among high-income countries. https://lnkd.in/eYFu_w-m #healthequity #healthdisparities #USHealth

"Feeling psychologically safe helps us address the root causes of health disparities and social determinants of health, which will eventually help us turn the tide toward more culturally responsive, empathetic care," Carolyn Tandy, senior vice president and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, of Humana, writes. https://lnkd.in/d3UjsGxU #healthequity #psychologicalsafety #healthcare

June 19 is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, a day to reflect on the current state of treatment, access, equity, and other issues impacting patients with sickle cell disease. Read about this year's developments in Kyle Munz & Giuliana Grossi's article: https://lnkd.in/e5-JMVwr #sicklecellday #juneteenth #healthequity #genetherapy #raredisease #sicklecellwarrior

"My career has really been dedicated to providing equitable health care for people that our mainstream health care systems have often neglected," Patrick McGovern states. "As a gay man myself, I know firsthand that #LGBTQ+ people and people living with #HIV often have to take care of ourselves in a society that's pushed us to the margin and I think, at times, demonized us." https://lnkd.in/ePEvYPwF Maggie Shaw #pridemonth #healthequity