CTC-RI common contract has provided Adult Performance Year 1 and 2 practices with PMPM incentive payments based upon the prior year’s performance. This has been a complicated issue as data from previous year has used to set prospective rates and this prior year data doesn’t accurately reflect current performance in the contract year. The Board of Directors has approved a change in the incen
The CTC-RI Board of Directors has approved a 2017 CTC-RI expansion. For January 1, 2017, the “wave 1” expansion will include unaffiliated primary care practices that CMS approves for CPC+ Track 1. There will be a “wave 2” expansion scheduled for July 2017 and adult and pediatric practices will have an opportunity to respond to “Call for Applications” and apply to be part of CTC.
Each year, CTC, together with the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), implement a process to ask patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with primary care. RIQI contracts with Data Stat as the approved external vender to administer the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey. Primary care practices (PCMH Kids and Adult practices in Transition, P
Primary care practices have been working to integrate behavioral health as part of the Rhode Island Foundation grant “Implementation and Evaluation of Integrated Behavioral Health Model in Primary Care” pilot program. Each quarter, CTC sponsors a learning network opportunity based on the recommendations from the participating primary care practice sites.
Focusing on the needs of children and families who have attention deficit and hyperactive disorders and sharing “best practice” learning among pediatric practices are seen as critical elements to the success of practice transformation and improving population health. With this in mind, six PCMH-Kids practices came together on 9/8/16 to discuss work their practice sites are doing to implement e
Comprehensive Care Plus (CPC+) is a CMS initiative designed to reward value and quality by offering an innovative payment structure to support comprehensive primary care. CMS selected Rhode Island as one of 14 geographic areas throughout the U.S.
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.