RI World Diabetes Day (RIWDD) was launched in 2019 by the RI Department of Health as a vehicle for raising awareness about diabetes and its impact on residents. The event exemplifies the strong collaboration between the many community organizations, state government officials, health entities, and community residents who are committed to decreasing the prevalence of diabetes.
PCMH Kids practices will be eligible to receive multi-payer sustainability payments when they complete the PCMH Kids contract. Medicaid has confirmed that it is including PCMH Kids sustainability payments in the managed care rates for FY2020.
CTC-RI hosted a quarterly meeting with PCMH Kids practices and key stakeholders on June 6th. Dr. Flanagan reviewed practice incentive results. 15 out of 20 PCMH Kids practices met 3 out of 4 quality measure thresholds and are eligible for incentive payments from the health plans. 100% of PCMH Kids practices met Developmental Screening targets. In addition, Dr.
On May 30th, the American Academy of Pediatrics RI Chapter hosted the final meeting for the PCMH Kids Adolescent Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Learning Collaborative at the Warren Alpert Medical School. This learning collaborative would not have been possible without the support and funding from Tufts Health Plan and the AAP Healthy Children Grant. Drs.
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.