March 2022

Medicaid Pediatric Relief Fund Provides Financial and Technical Assistance Support for Pediatric Primary Care Practices

18 Mar 2022

Pediatric primary care is the clinical setting where children receive critical preventive services which have been deferred by many families because of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Thanks to ARPA funding and support from EOHHS, 44 practices, providing primary care to RI Medicaid-covered children, successfully applied to the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program and will receiv

Nurse Care Managers/Care Coordinators Curriculum Training Program: Evaluation Findings

18 Mar 2022

As CTC-RI’s 4th round of the GLearn NCM/CC Core Curriculum program closes, the learners' post-program evaluations highlighted the most valuable program parts. Of the 40 respondents, 90% said that they improved their care/case manager skills, and 70% said that they gained greater disease-specific knowledge.

Rhode to Equity Project Incorporates Community Health Workers with Latino Health Access Support

18 Mar 2022

Beginning this spring, the Rhode to Equity project has a new component: each of the 6 participating teams will be engaging up to 3 community health workers (CHWs) to support the work that they are doing to address health disparities rooted in systemic inequities. CTC-RI is also excited to bring Latino Health Access (LHA) into the project. LHA will work alongside Dr.

Call for Applications: NCQA Behavioral Health Distinction Readiness

18 Mar 2022

CTC-RI / PCMH Kids is pleased to offer an opportunity to apply for funding that will assist practices with achieving NCQA Behavioral Health Distinction.

RI Behavioral Health Providers Enrolled in UMass Integrated Behavioral Health Training

18 Mar 2022

CTC-RI is excited to announce that we will be supporting 11 RI behavioral health professionals to participate this spring in the UMass Chan Medical School Certificate Course in Primary Care Behavioral Health.

Clinical Strategy Committee Hears About Federal Primary Care Delivery and Alternative Payment Initiatives

21 Mar 2022

The February Clinical Strategy Committee (CSC) meeting featured presentations by 2 guests: Judith Steinberg, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health on the Current Status of Primary Care Plan for Health and Human Servi

Breakfast of Champions Addresses Adult & Pediatric Asthma Solutions and Guidelines

21 Mar 2022

In the groundbreaking March session, the Breakfast of Champions brought together nearly 80 health care leaders to share and learn about updated asthma guidelines, discuss practical considerations, and learn about specific projects to improve asthma care in children and families focused on a practice-based pharmacy led intervention, school-based training efforts and a collaborative effort to int

Spotlight: Dr. Elizabeth Lange, PCMH Kids Co-Director

22 Mar 2022

PCMH Kids co-director Dr. Elizabeth B.

Pediatric Relief Initiative to Support Practices Throughout Rhode Island

22 Mar 2022

Earlier this month, pediatric practices across RI applied for funding made available by Governor McKee’s Rhode Island Rebounds proposal, passed by the General Assembly, which included $7.5 million in pediatric relief funding.

Welcome to Our New CTC-RI Program Coordinators!

22 Mar 2022

Meet Michelle Mooney, MPA

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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.

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