CTC welcomed 26 new practice sites at the July 20th Orientation Program including 14 adult practices and 12 PCMH Kids practices. . New practice sites received an Orientation Resource Manual that they can use to assist them with meeting the Service Delivery Requirements.
At the July Practice Reporting Committee meeting, Pano Yeracaris, MD CTC Chief Clinical Strategist presented the adult CTC primary care practice all cause ED and IP utilization results (all cause ED for the June 2014-15 to June 2015-2016 time period (insert link Claims Data Collection and Analysis)).
The CTC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the following primary care practices have been approved to join CTC-RI for the July 2017 expansion:
Adult Practices
After piloting a successful Community Health Teams initiative for more than three years, CTC was well-positioned to apply for a unique grant opportunity with the State to expand the work of Community Health Teams and Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) screening for substance use disorders and mental health disorders in Rhode Island.
On June 16, 2017, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) hosted a Healthcare Transformation Summit at the Crowne Plaza Hotel with a focus on preparing the workforce for a healthy Rhode Island.
On June 8, 2017, the seven PCMH-Kids practices that are participating in the Postpartum Maternal Depression Screening learning collaborative convened for their first quarterly meeting as part of the pediatric integrated behavioral health project.
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.