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New CTC-RI Projects and Funding for 2023
With generous funding support from UnitedHealthcare, Rhode Island Department of Health and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, CTC-RI will launch several innovative projects in 2023 to invest in and strengthen primary care capacity in several priority areas. Anticipated projects in the new year include:
Clinical Strategy Meeting Focuses on Supporting Primary Care Providers in Pregnancy Intent
CTC-RI’s December 2022 Clinical Strategy Committee meeting focused on the role of pregnancy intention in improving birth outcomes and access to same-day LARC.
Health Transitions of Care November Quarterly Learning Collaborative Meeting
The November Health Transitions of Care learning collaborative had 16 participants join to listen and share patient and family experience, available resources, and best practices around what is helpful in improving care coordination for youth that are transitioning from pediatric to adult care.
Pharmacy QI Learning Collaborative Meeting
Improving Population Health / Reducing Low-Value Care in Primary Care through Professional Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (Pro CGM)
Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Update on Primary Care Aligned Measurement Set
The RI Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) convenes a workgroup every year to review and update the aligned measure set that is used to measure primary care performance. OHIC has published the aligned measure set (updated 9/28/22) effective for insurer-provider contractual periods starting on or after 1/1/23 for contracts subject to amendment or renewal on or after that date (
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Our Mission
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.