Beginning in October 2022, Medicaid, in partnership with CTC-RI, offered an extended 12-month incentive program to improve Immunization and Lead Screening Results. Payments were contingent on practices meeting Immunization and Lead Screening targets or demonstrating prescribed improvement. Here are how the practices performed over the 12-month program:
The Camden Coalition annual conference was held in Boston on November 1-3 with a focus on “Putting Care at the Center”, to bring awareness to those with complex health and social needs.
MLPB hosted the third of its Phase II Health-Related Social Needs Learning and Action Lab series on November 9.
The October CTC-RI Board of Directors annual meeting was significant in that not only was it our first hybrid meeting post-Covid, but we continue to maintain the legacy of our outstanding Board.
The CTC-RI Prior Authorization Committee submitted its final recommendations report to OHIC for consideration as it reconvenes its Administrative Simplification Committee. The report is a culmination of months of work by committee members who represent health insurance companies, pharmacists, and health care organizations from across Rhode Island. The six recommendations are:
The first of six train-the-trainer educational webinars on demographic data collection was held in October. Christin Zollicoffer, Vice President, Chief Belonging & Equity Officer at Lifespan educated the trainers from the 15 participating practices on systemic racism, racism in medicine and threat response. The presentation provided participants with detailed historical timelines of racism
The mission of the Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island is to lead the transformation of primary care in Rhode Island in the context of an integrated health care system; and to improve the quality of care, the patient experience of care, the affordability of care, and the health of the populations we serve.
