Primary care practices have been working to integrate behavioral health as part of the Rhode Island Foundation grant “Implementation and Evaluation of Integrated Behavioral Health Model in Primary Care” pilot program. Each quarter, CTC sponsors a learning network opportunity based on the recommendations from the participating primary care practice sites.
Each year, CTC, together with the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), implement a process to ask patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with primary care. RIQI contracts with Data Stat as the approved external vender to administer the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey. Primary care practices (PCMH Kids and Adult practices in Transition, P
The CTC-RI Board of Directors has approved a 2017 CTC-RI expansion. For January 1, 2017, the “wave 1” expansion will include unaffiliated primary care practices that CMS approves for CPC+ Track 1. There will be a “wave 2” expansion scheduled for July 2017 and adult and pediatric practices will have an opportunity to respond to “Call for Applications” and apply to be part of CTC.
CTC-RI common contract has provided Adult Performance Year 1 and 2 practices with PMPM incentive payments based upon the prior year’s performance. This has been a complicated issue as data from previous year has used to set prospective rates and this prior year data doesn’t accurately reflect current performance in the contract year. The Board of Directors has approved a change in the incen
Thank you to all who participated in this year's CTC Learning Collaborative on October 20th! We had some exciting morning and afternoon sessions to help practices address the challenges associated with transitioning from a fee for service payment model to one that "pays for value."
The mission of CTC-RI is to support the continuing transformation of primary care in Rhode Island as the foundation of an ever-improving integrated, accessible, affordable, and equitable health care system. CTC-RI brings together critical stakeholders to implement, evaluate and spread effective multi-payer models to deliver, pay for and sustain high-quality, comprehensive, accountable primary care.