Marea Tumber, OHIC Principal Policy Associate, presented at the November quarterly IBH Committee meeting, outlining the next generation of affordability standards that are considering health plan behavioral health spending requirements.
In October, NCQA featured Rhode Island in their policy forum. Nelly Burdette, PsyD, CTC-RI Senior IBH Program Leader; Libby Bunzli, EOHHS; and Marea Tumber, OHIC jointly presented on RI's work around integrated behavioral health.
We hope that you can join us for the December 10 Breakfast of Champions, 7:30-9:00AM. Please register via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.
A Panel: Addressing Clinician and Clinical Team Well-being During the Pandemic
The Telehealth Learning Collaborative, "Using Technology to Improve Care for Patients with Chronic Conditions" came together for their 4th learning collaborative meeting this month. The 21 primary care practices are exploring different technology options such as remote patient monitoring, apps, and ambulatory blood pressure devices to improve care of patients with chronic conditions.
Based on feedback received from our nurse care managers and care coordinators (NCM/CC) at the strategic planning meeting, our October NCM/CC session focused on patient engagement resources and how to take a “strength-based” approach when interviewing patients and families. Kathleen Kuiper, RIPIN Resource Coordinator, provided an overview of the
The November Practice Reporting / Transformation meeting is rescheduled to December 8, 8:00-9:30AM, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. At that meeting, CTC-RI practice facilitators and PCMH practice leads will be discussing the January 2022 NCQA’s PCMH annual reporting requirements.
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.