Designed for pediatric, adult, and family medicine practices, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, CTC-RI is accepting applications for a new 12-month pilot learning collaborative to test the use of telehealth technology to improve care for patients with a selected chronic condition. Practices will be provided with infrastructure and incentive funding payments ($22,000.00 per practice
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services announced $20 billion in new funding for providers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The RI Dept. of Health recently announced a funding opportunity/call for applications for practices providing prenatal and postpartum clinical care, helping practices optimize behavioral health screening/treatment (depression, anxiety, and substance use) of perinatal patients.
On October 8, the RI Pharmacy Association presented CTC-RI with the 2020 Charles Hachadorian award.
COVID-19 prevention measures have constrained health care provider capacity and resulted in significant business interruptions for health care providers, as well as created barriers for members of the public to access health care (e.g., transportation, perceptions of safety, the need to quarantine).
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.