'Nationally, up to 75% of...ppl are losing their #Medicaid coverage bc they aren’t filling out their reenrollment packages correctly' Read Center for Primary Care's Katherine Gergen Barnett MD's timely Boston Globe Opinion op-ed on the MA unwinding: ow.ly/6w7K50PEA8o
#CommunityofCare

Yes! Critical needle to thread walking forward. #HealthEquity #ai

Thank you. Proud to be a #primarycare doc in MA and able to continue to provide full spectrum, equitable care for ALL people. 💜🙏

YES Asaf Bitton! If more people have easy access to high-quality #primarycare , we’d have a healthier population and more equitable outcomes. No other part of #healthcare can make this claim. NASEM Health #primarycare study bit.ly/NASEMprimaryca…
Boston Medical Center Primary Care Collaborative (PCC)

What’s the connection between gas stoves and sugary snacks? They’re both ways that major corporations harm our kids. Check out the op-ed I just published Boston Globe Opinion with Heather Coleman

Join the #NMA for Advancing Health Equity through Technological Innovation, streaming LIVE now to NMA's Facebook page. Don't miss this! #NMA #NationalMedAssn #Colloquium2023 #HealthPolicy #HealthEquity #AfricanAmericanHealth #BlackWellness #PublicHealth

Pick something that you are passionate about….”Be consistent in your advocacy” ⁦National Medical Association⁩ #Colloquium2023 #healthequity #healthpolicy …..”Advocacy is 365 days of the year”

Advocacy as a tool to address Health Equity! Love to see all this panel talent! #NMA #Colloquium2023 #HealthPolicy

Lucky to spend time with powerful women leaders & advocates from around the country and world at the annual ⁦⁦⁦National Medical Association⁩ We must work closely together to heal communities by building relationships. #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #BlackWellness

Feeling so honored to have been invited by ⁦⁦⁦National Medical Association⁩ to talk about the #HealthEquity work we are doing in MA & the role that technology can play in mitigating (or perpetuating) #disparities . #nma #healthpolicy #blackwellness ⁦KeriG⁩

Ozempic has become a popular weight loss drug but can cost over $1.2K a month out of pocket, adding to the 'disparities in the treatment of obesity in marginalized communities,' says Boston Medical Center's and Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine's Katherine Gergen Barnett MD. ⬇️

The Boston Globe Beth Teitell spr.ly/60183CzX6

Congratulations to our Research Study Coordinator Autumn Tamlyn for getting her first manuscript about #medicalmistrust & #researchbarriers Boston Medical Center published! 🎉

Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…

Looking forward to this conversation - how can we shift the #healthcare payment models to truly reflect the #Health needs of our communities? Boston Medical Center Center for Primary Care Kameron Matthews MD JD FAAFP (she/her/ella) Wayne Altman Kate Walsh

Jim Braude GBH News Thank you Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for being such wonderful guides, companions and explorers for these last ten years. So many stories. You are a treasure to many!

Looking forward to conversation today Boston Public Radio where I will also be addressing #perinatal #mentalhealth as well as American Academy of Pediatrics recs on #pediatricobesity

An electrifying Inauguration Day for ⁦@AndreaForAG⁩, MA’s 45th Attorney General. From gospel and pledge the allegiance by ⁦⁦Codman Academy⁩ youth to her recounting of her “impossible story made possible” we were all on our feet cheering. #grateful

Say it with me: we need birth centers and licensure for professional midwives. Now.
TY Nashira Baril Katherine Gergen Barnett MD Mallika Sabharwal
HT Neighborhood Birth Center Bay State Birth Coalition
#MApoli #ReproductiveEquity #midwife

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Amen & amen! I can’t think of a more urgent & loving investment than #BirthCenters , the embodiment of #BirthingJustice

Great must read OpEd: Birth centers offer options. Why is there only one left in MA? by Nashira Baril Katherine Gergen Barnett MD Mallika Sabharwal Neighborhood Birth Center bit.ly/3YUWk5v

With the closing of the North Shore Birth Center and the stalled reopening of the Cambridge Birth Center, it seems that midwifery care is often seen as dispensable, write Katherine Gergen Barnett MD, Mallika Sabharwal, and Nashira Baril.
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Thank you to Nashira Baril for the vision and commitment to Neighborhood Birth Center ,the legions of #midwives who have been doing this work for lifetimes, the Boston Medical Center for partnering on this critical work #healthequity #birthingjustice The Aspen Institute Center for Primary Care Mallika Sabharwal