Rhode Island is one of 26 regions in the country that can participate in Primary Care First, a 5-year alternative payment model designed to reduce Medicare spending by preventing avoidable inpatient hospital admissions and improve quality and access to care, particularly for patients with complex chronic conditions and serious illness.
As a leader in statewide collaborative initiatives that focus on investments in primary care to build a stronger health care system, CTC-RI's work was recently published as a powerful case study in the "Family, Systems, & Health" Journal by the American Psychological Association.
Almost 50 members of the CTC-RI community attended the December 13 Quarterly Breakfast of Champions Learning Session. The agenda included a well-deserved congratulations to the 3 graduating CPC+ practices: Ocean State Primary Care of Westerly, Robert A.
The December 20 CTC Clinical Strategy Committee concentrated on a status report and feedback on the Health Information Technology (HIT) plan development.
Linda Cabral, SBIRT/CHT Project Manager for CTC-RI, attended the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) annual conference on December 10-11 in Orlando, FL. While there, she presented her "Advancing Primary Care with Innovative Integration" poster.
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.