Breakfast of Champions Focuses on Improving Maternal Child Health: Addressing Health Disparities in Prenatal Care

In a groundbreaking session on September 10, the CTC-RI Breakfast of Champions brought together nearly 100 RI health care leaders to share and learn about how to improve maternal child health while addressing health disparities in prenatal care. State updates were presented by Aidea Downie, MA, RIDOH Maternal Child Health Program Disparities Specialist; Quatia "Q" Osorio, BSBA CCHW, CLC, MCHS CPE MCHW, Doula, Founder of Our Journ3i, and past member of the Women’s Health Council Planning Committee; and Jim Beasley, MPA, RIDOH Program Manager, RI Maternal Psychiatry Resource Network Program (RI MomsPRN). A stimulating discussion was moderated by Patricia Flanagan, MD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Brown Univ. Pediatrics Professor, and PCMH-Kids Co-Chair.

Finally, there were presentations by the 4 RI health plans sharing their inspiring Initiatives on addressing health disparities in prenatal care: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island: Matthew Collins, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer; Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island: Christopher Ottiano, MD, Interim Medical Director and Yvonne Heredia, PhD, MS, Senior Manager; Tufts Health Plan: Claire Levesque, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Commercial Products and Michelle Wolfsberg, MPH, BSN, Director Clinical Strategic Initiatives; and UnitedHealthcare: Barry Fabius, MD, CMO  and Sarah Coutu, BSN,RN, CCM, MNN, Health Services Director.

If you weren’t able to attend in-person, here are the links to the PowerPoint, webinar recording, and the CME request via the evaluation link.