MedChi is working to address the health disparities that have been starkly and disturbingly revealed by the pandemic. I created a brief video to address COVID-related disparities and other health disparities in Maryland.If you are interested in joining our Inclusion, Diversity, Empowerment, and Advocacy (IDEA) Task Force to examine the physician's role in addressing racial disparities in health, please email cjohannesen@medchi.org.
MedChi has heard from several physician practices about business interruption insurance claim denials. We want to help these physicians and other health professionals. We hope to provide you with direct assistance, referrals, or other support. We can also develop a broad advocacy plan – but first, we need to learn more about who and how many physicians are impacted by these denials. If you have experienced a business interruption insurance claim denials, please email me to discuss.
Keeping sending us your photos for our #MaskUpMonday social media campaign to encourage everyone to wear masks in public. Please send us a selfie or other photo of you, your family, and/or your colleagues wearing masks and tell us who you are "masking up" for (your patients, your family, an at-risk friend, etc). Let's share with the public why physicians encourage and participate in universal masking during this pandemic. Please send your photos to cjohannesen@medchi.org.
