Eighteen health care facilities in the Bay State earned perfect-scores, a designation of “Healthcare Equality Leader,” on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2026 Healthcare Equality Index.
Now in its 17th annual edition, CRI’s HEI is the national LGBTQ+ benchmarking tool that evaluates health care facilities’ policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
The annual report rates health care centers based on select policies and practices central to the LGBTQ+ interests, focusing on the following criteria: 1) nondiscrimination, 2) patient services and support, 3) employee benefits and policies, 4) patient and community engagement, 5) responsible citizenship.
2026 HRC Equality Leaders in Massachusetts
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
- Boston Medical Center
- CHA Cambridge Hospital
- CHA Everett Hospital
- CHA Somerville Campus
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)
- Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Worcester)
- Harrington Hospital Webster Campus
- Harrington Memorial Hospital Southbridge Campus
- HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital – Clinton Campus
- HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital – Leominster Campus
- Manet Community Health Center (North Quincy)
- MelroseWakefield Hospital (Melrose)
- Transhealth (Florence)
- UMass Memorial Medical Center Marlborough Campus
- UMass Memorial Medical Center Memorial Campus (Worcester)
Top scorers in the other New England states include four in Connecticut: Illume Fertility (Norwalk), Middlesex Hospital (Middletown), University of Connecticut Student Health & Wellness (Storrs) and Wheeler (Hartford).
More: hrc.org/hei