Rhode Island

There are no announcements at this time.

Current Activities

• Medical Home Chapter Champions Program on Asthma, Allergy, and Anaphylaxis
  This program supports the facilitation and dissemination of best practices, evidence-based guidelines, and resources in asthma, allergy, and anaphylaxis for clinicians throughout the state.

• Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health Learning Collaborative
  Rhode Island is participating in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau funded Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health Learning Collaborative. As part of this initiative, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) gathered information related to access to care and coverage issues from patient/family and clinician perspectives in Rhode Island. In addition, the AAP reviewed current Rhode Island Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements to compare the services offered with the services recommended within the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision.
  
• Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project
  This program trains parents to serve as peer navigators within pediatric practices to assist with cultural competency, care coordination, and family-centered care.
• Rhode Island Chronic Care Transformation Collaborative
  A multi-payer initiative that assists primary care practices to transform to medical homes. Nearly all of Rhode Island payers participate in this project.
• Rhode Island Health Home Initiative
  Rhode Island provides comprehensive primary care services within a medical home model to pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries through its CEDARR Family Center Health Home program.
• State Innovation Model Testing Award
  Rhode Island was awarded a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid State Innovation Model Testing Award in December 2014. Through this grant, Rhode Island is implementing strategies to transform a state's health care delivery system through multi-payer payment reform and additional state initiatives.

• Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  This professional organization provides news, advocacy/legislation information, resources, and opportunities to connect with pediatric experts within Rhode Island.

• Rhode Island Parent Information Network
  The Family Health Information Center and Family Voices State Affiliate Organization of Rhode Island provides education, information, and peer support to families of children with special health care needs.

• Rhode Island Title V
  A profile of Rhode Island's state Title V program, includes contact information for the Maternal and Child Health and the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program.
• Rhode Island Medicaid
  State Medicaid Directors Contact Information
  Find information on Medicaid programs, resources, providers, and contacts within Rhode Island.
• KIDSNET
  Created through the Rhode Island Department of Health, this electronic and confidential information system that provides reports and data on child health indicators throughout the state.

• Rhode Island 2016 CHIP Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides key information about Rhode Island's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

• Rhode Island Medicaid Fact Sheet
  Provides information on the number of children in Rhode Island eligible, enrolled, and unenrolled in Medicaid.
• State at-a-glance Chartbook on Coverage and Financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  This chartbook provides state specific data on select indicators of health coverage and financing for children and youth with special health care needs.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Rhode Island State Profile, CYSHCN
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN), 2009/2010.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Rhode Island Profile, All Children
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007.
• National Academy for State Health Policy Rhode Island Medical Home State Page
  This state page summarizes Medicaid and CHIP initiatives in Rhode Island that promote medical home implementation.
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Rhode Island PCMH Map
  This state page summarizes public and private payer patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives in Rhode Island.