Use of standardized measures: Beginning in 2024, standardized measures will be required for PCMH. A standardized measure captures data from the entire calendar year before the submission year; thus, for 2024 the reporting period will be January 1–December 31, 2023, unless stated otherwise in the measure specification.
The Care + Community + Equity (CCE) program held a best practice sharing meeting to hear presentations from participating practices on their projects to improve pre-diabetes and diabetes care delivery. Clinical teams from Tri-County Community Action Program and Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP) presented on their progress made in this CCE incentive area.
Our 3rd Asthma Essentials ECHO brought together 40 participants and was facilitated by Patricia Flanagan, MD.
In December, CTC-RI was pleased to support the 1st in-person convening of the Rhode to Equity (R2E) project which began in July 2021. RIDOH and EOHHS are funders and key partners in this project. There were 6 multi-stakeholder teams coming together to address health inequities in their communities.
The entire November Clinical Strategy Committee (CSC) meeting focused on the Next Generation Affordability Standards led by Cory King, OHIC Chief of Staff. A good deal of discussion occurred, including key highlighted areas of child and adolescent behavioral health spend, health equity, professional provider contract review, and a recalibration of primary care APM targets.
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.