As behavioral health integration (BHI) in primary care is sweeping the nation, the Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative (a partnership between the American Medical Association and 7 other leading physician organizations) is piloting an enhanced technical assistance program for physician practices and systems across the country that is immersive, virtual and packed with content experts ac
In June, CTC-RI, with funding and support from RIDOH, hosted an ECHO session on Maximizing Autonomy: Guardianship and Less Restrictive Alternatives.
CTC-RI and PCMH Kids welcomed pediatric practices and stakeholders to the quarterly "Improving Child Health in RI" meeting this month with the purpose of providing updates on the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program. Of note, 100% of the practices participating in this program are eligible to receive incentive payments based on meeting the behavioral health ECHO requirements.
In July, the Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) and Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) learning collaborative met to deepen their understanding of the DULCE approach. The participating practices, Family Care Center and Toll Gate Pediatrics, shared progress updates on their ongoing efforts to engage families and implement the DULCE approach.
CTC-RI is excited to be hosting the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England for a presentation discussing STI screening, including best practices and updated screening guidelines for common STIs, RI data on STI screening and prevalence, and discussion of how STI screening is tailored to specific populations at Women and Infants Hospital and Open Door Health.
Last “Call for Applications” for the fall 2023 NCM/CC Standardized Core Curriculum GLearn Program. Now in its sixth year, the program was developed in partnership with Geisinger to meet the primary care community’s requests for more care management training in Rhode Island.
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.