This month, CTC-RI, in partnership with Foundation for Integrated Care (FIC) had our final meeting for the Expanding Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Capacity project. This meeting gave an overview and developments for FIC, pre- and post-data from each of the participating practices, and overview of their quality improvement projects.
CTC-RI hosted their monthly Best Practices in Team-Based Care webinar series, designed to provide practical insights and strategies for primary care providers. This month, the session focused on the topic of “Navigating Eating Disorders in a Pediatric Primary Care Setting.” Eating disorders present unique challenges in pediatric primary care, requiring a collaborative, informed approach.
Last month, CTC-RI held a midpoint Learning Collaborative as part of the Delivering Age-Friendly Care Implementing the 4M Model and Supporting Care Partners of People with Dementia project.
The month, the DULCE Learning Collaborative meeting provided valuable updates and insights on the ongoing work to improve family and child health outcomes.
This month, CTC-RI helped to support a RIDOH special summit at in Providence to celebrate the progress of the Community Health Worker (CHW) Roadmap project.
This month, the Breakfast of Champions session brought together 56 attendees to explore cutting-edge technologies aimed at improving the efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility of primary care. The event featured a diverse lineup of experts showcasing their work on AI, patient communication tools, prior authorization systems, and behavioral health apps. Dr.
CTC-RI, in partnership with RIDOH, is excited to offer up to 15 community health workers (CHWs) and medical assistants (MAs) the opportunity to participate in the Asthma Basics Training Program.
Healthy Tomorrows Learning Collaborative Meeting
Supporting family access to well-child healthcare and family support through primary care and family visiting partnership.
Practices participating in the RI MomsPRN Quality Improvement Initiative convened in November for their midpoint learning collaborative meeting. At the midpoint meeting, practices shared progress made on their practice-identified quality improvement projects related to perinatal behavioral health including:
In November, CTC-RI held the third of six ECHO® learning sessions in its “Best Practices in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in Primary Care: ECHO® Learning Series”, generously funded by UnitedHealthcare.
The December 20 Clinical Strategy Committee meeting will feature key updates and discussions on critical healthcare initiatives. Peter Hollmann, MD, Brown Medicine Chief Medical Officer, will provide an update on the new primary care management codes.
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The PFS provides new policy updates for the Medicare program for the following year. There typically has been some policy proposed each year impacting telehealth.
The 3rd session of the Addressing Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in Primary Care Think Tank was held in November. CTC-RI was joined by the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH) to provide an extensive overview of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) and their role in addressing AUD treatment.
December marks HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, a critical time to highlight the role of primary care providers in its prevention, testing, and care.
Past Board president, Peter Hollmann, MD announced in October that Debra Hurwitz, MBA, BSN, RN, CTC-RI Executive Director, is retiring at the end of March 2025 after 14 years with CTC-RI. During this time, Debra has led the organization through tremendous growth and accomplishments for which we are grateful. A search committee has been convened to find a new executive director.
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.