The first of six train-the-trainer educational webinars on demographic data collection was held in October. Christin Zollicoffer, Vice President, Chief Belonging & Equity Officer at Lifespan educated the trainers from the 15 participating practices on systemic racism, racism in medicine and threat response. The presentation provided participants with detailed historical timelines of racism
The CTC-RI Prior Authorization Committee submitted its final recommendations report to OHIC for consideration as it reconvenes its Administrative Simplification Committee. The report is a culmination of months of work by committee members who represent health insurance companies, pharmacists, and health care organizations from across Rhode Island. The six recommendations are:
The October CTC-RI Board of Directors annual meeting was significant in that not only was it our first hybrid meeting post-Covid, but we continue to maintain the legacy of our outstanding Board.
MLPB hosted the third of its Phase II Health-Related Social Needs Learning and Action Lab series on November 9.
The Camden Coalition annual conference was held in Boston on November 1-3 with a focus on “Putting Care at the Center”, to bring awareness to those with complex health and social needs.
Beginning in October 2022, Medicaid, in partnership with CTC-RI, offered an extended 12-month incentive program to improve Immunization and Lead Screening Results. Payments were contingent on practices meeting Immunization and Lead Screening targets or demonstrating prescribed improvement. Here are how the practices performed over the 12-month program:
The next Clinical Strategy Committee Meeting on November 17, 7:30am will focus on lessons from Rhode to Equity and CHW billing. We will hear from RIDOH and EOHHS on the Rhode to Equity initiative, focusing on the project framework and how teams worked together to bridge clinical and community gaps.
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming Breakfast of Champions event on December 8, when we will delve into the crucial topic of gender-affirming care with distinguished speakers Dr. Jason Rafferty and Dr. Amy Nunn. Meet Our Speakers:
On November 7, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), honored community health centers that have attained excellence in overall clinical quality performance.
Please join us for our December 19th Team-Based Care Meeting, focusing on Safe Sleep.
Following CTC-RI's largest annual conference held earlier this month, we spoke with Dr. Thomas Bledsoe about his experience and perspective.
1. Why is it helpful to bring practices together for the CTC-RI Annual Conference?
We connected with Dr.
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.