Why Tia Health Is Transforming Women's Healthcare (And Why Your Doctor's Office Doesn't Look Like This)

If you've ever left a doctor's appointment feeling rushed, dismissed, or like you just paid a co-pay for a seven-minute speed date with someone who barely made eye contact—you're not imagining it. You're not difficult. And you're definitely not alone.

For decades, women have been navigating a healthcare system that treats their bodies like fragmented parts instead of an integrated whole. Primary care over here. Gynecology over there. Mental health somewhere else entirely—if you're lucky enough to access it at all.

Tia Health exists because that system is failing women. And the data proves it.

What Is Tia Health?

Tia Health is a modern women's primary care clinic built around a simple but radical idea: women deserve integrated, relationship-based healthcare.

Founded in 2017 by Carolyn Witte and Felicity Yost, Tia combines:

• Primary care
• Gynecology
• Mental health
• Preventive and wellness services

—all under one coordinated care model.

Instead of bouncing between disconnected providers who never talk to each other, Tia patients receive care from one aligned clinical team that actually communicates. Revolutionary, apparently.

Tia operates both in-person clinics and virtual care, with locations across New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Arizona—with expansion to Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta underway.

The Crisis Tia Is Solving: "Medical Orphans"

Tia uses a term that should stop you cold: medical orphans.

These are women who:

• Don't have a primary care provider
• Aren't established with an OB-GYN
• Rely on urgent care, point solutions, or nothing at all

According to Tia's own data:

• 70% of members didn't have a primary care physician before joining
• 86% had no established OB-GYN relationship
• Over 90% weren't engaged with any dominant health system in their area

These women aren't negligent. They've been systematically excluded from a healthcare model that doesn't work for their lives, schedules, or needs.

The Broader Context: Why Women Are Left Behind

The numbers tell a devastating story:

• Women spend 90% more on healthcare than men their age despite worse outcomes
• Average wait time to see an OB-GYN: 30+ days (doubled in the last five years)
• Women are 44% more likely to report gender discrimination in healthcare
• Women control 80% of healthcare spending yet remain underdiagnosed and undertreated
• 1 in 3 women skip medical care due to cost or access barriers

For women of color, the outcomes are even worse. Black women are 2–3x more likely to die in childbirth. Women are twice as likely to experience mental health disorders.

Tia's patient population reflects this reality:

• 44% identify as Black, Latinx, Asian, or mixed race
• 61% live with chronic conditions
• 29% report a history of abuse or sexual trauma
• 6% use pronouns other than she/her

This is the population traditional healthcare misses. Tia built its model for them.

How Tia Health Works: The Integrated Care Model

The Care Team Approach

At Tia, you don't just "see a doctor." You're supported by a multidisciplinary care team that includes:

• Physicians
• Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
• Clinical support staff
• Care coordinators

This team approach delivers:

Primary Care: Annual exams, acute illness (UTIs, sinus infections, common cold), chronic disease management, bloodwork, vaccinations

Gynecologic Care: Pap smears, STI testing and treatment, contraception counseling, fertility support, pregnancy and postpartum care, perimenopause and menopause management

Mental Health: Depression and anxiety screening, medication management, therapy referrals (including Talkspace partnerships), integrative approaches like acupuncture

Preventive & Wellness Services: Skin care consultations, aesthetic treatments, longevity-focused lab panels tailored for women's cardiovascular and cognitive health

Specialist Coordination: Through partnerships with CommonSpirit Health (21 states), Dignity Health, and Cedars-Sinai, Tia connects patients to specialty care without losing continuity

Membership Options

Tia Essential (Pay-Per-Visit)

• No membership fee
• Same clinical care
• Standard scheduling
• Works with most major PPO insurance

Tia Membership adds:

• Priority evening/weekend appointments
• Enhanced between-visit support from your care team
• Select medication refills without visits
• Same-day walk-in labs
• Greater scheduling flexibility

Standard copays and deductibles apply to both options.

Virtual + In-Person Care

Tia offers both telehealth and physical clinics. Their spaces are intentionally designed to feel welcoming—not clinical, fluorescent, or hostile.

That design choice isn't cosmetic. It's psychological safety—and it matters, especially for trauma-informed care.

Tia Health Outcomes: What the Data Actually Shows

This is where Tia stops being aspirational and starts being undeniable.

Preventive Care Performance

• 65% of Tia patients completed a comprehensive physical exam vs. 14% nationally (4x the national rate)
• 94% up-to-date on cervical cancer screenings vs. 35% nationally (nearly 3x the benchmark)
• 91% screened for depression vs. 49% nationally
• 45% received HIV screening vs. 15% nationally (3x the benchmark)
• 52% of sexually active patients ages 18-26 received chlamydia screening vs. 38% nationally

Chronic Disease Management

• 72% of patients with diabetes have their condition under control vs. 55% nationally

Patient Engagement & Trust

• Members average 5+ visits per year (most women can barely manage one annual appointment)
• Net Promoter Score: 85 (primary care industry average hovers near zero at -1.2)
• 97% clinician retention rate year-over-year (when primary care typically sees 7%+ annual turnover)

Patients receiving care through Tia engage in life-saving preventive care at rates 2–4x the national average.

That's not branding. That's outcomes.

Why This Model Actually Works for Women

It Builds Trust

Nearly one-third of Tia's patients report prior abuse or sexual trauma. Traditional rushed care models—seven-minute appointments, rotating providers, fragmented records—are not built for that reality.

Tia's longer appointments, consistent providers, and relationship-based care allow women to disclose, engage, and stay in care. This isn't about being "nice." It's clinical necessity for effective treatment.

It Treats Women as Whole Humans

Hormones affect mood. Stress affects immunity. Pelvic health affects mental health. Chronic illness intersects with reproductive decisions.

Women don't experience health in silos. Tia doesn't treat them that way.

It Catches Women Before They Fall Through the Cracks

About 70% of Tia members didn't have a preventive exam in the 12 months before joining. Many were in their prime reproductive years (65% are ages 25-45), relying on urgent care or ignoring symptoms entirely.

Tia intercepts women early—before preventable conditions become crises—and engages them in preventive care for often the first time in their lives.

It Doesn't Burn Out Clinicians

While physicians flee primary care in droves, Tia maintains 97% clinician retention. They've built a culture of learning, growth, reasonable flexibility, and collaboration. When providers aren't drowning in administrative burden and impossible patient loads, they can actually practice medicine the way they trained to.

Where Pelvic Health and UTI Prevention Fit Into Daily Care

One of the most common reasons women cycle through urgent care—or burn through rounds of antibiotics—is recurrent urinary tract infections.

While clinics like Tia are essential for diagnosis, screening, and coordinated treatment, pelvic and urinary health require daily prevention between visits.

At Good Kitty, we built UTI Biome Shield specifically for women who want to:

• Reduce UTI recurrence without constant antibiotics
• Support the urinary and vaginal microbiome
• Take preventive action between clinical appointments

UTI Biome Shield is:

• Doctor-formulated by Dr. Meg Seitz, board-certified in internal medicine
• Designed for daily prevention, not reactive treatment
• Built around microbiome support, not punishment

It's not a replacement for primary care. It's how women stay supported between appointments—where most of life actually happens.

The Tia model proves that integrated, preventive care works. Daily microbiome support extends that prevention into the 364 days a year you're not sitting in an exam room.

Current Tia Health Locations (and Where They're Expanding)

1. New York City: Williamsburg (Brooklyn), SoHo (Manhattan)
2. Los Angeles: Silver Lake, Studio City, plus additional locations
3. San Francisco Bay Area: Multiple locations
4. Phoenix/Scottsdale: Kierland Commons area, expanding to 11th Arizona location in 2026

Coming Soon

Tia has announced expansion plans for Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta as part of their ongoing health system partnerships.

Is Tia Health Worth It?

Let's be honest: Tia is not the cheapest option. Membership fees or per-visit costs add up, even with insurance.

But the real cost is:

• Missed screenings that delay diagnosis
• Poorly managed chronic illness that becomes acute
• ER visits that could have been prevented
• Years of dismissal that cost you time, money, and health

For women who can access it—either through insurance coverage, the Essential pay-per-visit model, or membership—the data shows that integrated, preventive care pays off in measurable health outcomes.

The Bottom Line: What Tia Proves About Women's Healthcare

Tia Health proves something women have known all along:

The healthcare system isn't failing because women are "noncompliant." It's failing because it wasn't built for them.

When care is coordinated, trauma-informed, preventive, and designed around real lives—not outdated assumptions—women show up. They stay engaged. And their health improves dramatically.

The fact that simply having a care team that communicates, offering appointment times that work for working women, and treating women like whole human beings produces outcomes 2-4x better than national benchmarks should be a national embarrassment.

That shouldn't be revolutionary. But right now, it is.

Related Pelvic Health Reading from Good Kitty

• UTI Prevention Without Antibiotics: What Actually Works
• Why Recurrent UTIs Keep Coming Back (And How to Break the Cycle)
• The Pelvic Health–Microbiome Connection: Beyond Cranberry Juice
• What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About UTI Prevention

This article is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. For concerns about UTIs, chronic conditions, or preventive care, consult with a healthcare provider. To learn more about Tia Health's services and locations, visit asktia.com.

Sources & References

1. Tia Health: "Women's Primary Care 'Plus' Outcomes Report" (2023)
2. Tia Health: "2024 Outcomes Report" (January 2025)
3. American Hospital Association: "Women's Health Startup Tia Makes an Impact Treating 'Medical Orphans'" (October 2023)
4. Fierce Healthcare: "Comprehensive primary care model drives better health outcomes for women" (January 2025)
5. CommonSpirit Health: "Tia and CommonSpirit Deliver Integrated Care for Women" (2021)
6. JAMA Internal Medicine: National comprehensive physical examination benchmarks
7. MIPS Historical Quality Benchmark Data (2022)
8. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Maternal mortality disparities data
9. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Depression screening rates
10. Commonwealth Fund: Healthcare cost and access barriers for women