Rhode Island General Laws Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-17.22-2. Establishment of the healthy Rhode Island strategic plan

(i) A description of the course charted to a healthy Rhode Island (the healthy Rhode Island model), which includes patient self-management, emphasis on primary care, community initiatives, and health system and information technology reform, to be used uniformly statewide by private insurers, third party administrators, and public programs;

(ii) A description of prevention programs and how these programs are integrated into communities, with chronic care management, and the healthy Rhode Island model;

(iii) A plan to develop and implement reimbursement systems aligned with the goal of managing the care for individuals with or at risk for conditions in order to improve outcomes and the quality of care;

(iv) The involvement of public and private groups, health care professionals, insurers, third party administrators, associations, and firms to facilitate and assure the sustainability of a new system of care;

(v) The involvement of community and consumer groups to facilitate and assure the sustainability of health services supporting healthy behaviors and good patient self-management for the prevention and management of chronic conditions;

(vi) Alignment of any information technology needs with other health care information technology initiatives;

(vii) The use and development of outcome measures and reporting requirements, aligned with outcome measures established by the director under this section, to assess and evaluate the healthy Rhode Island model system of chronic care management;

(viii) Target timelines for inclusion of specific chronic conditions to be included in the chronic care infrastructure and for statewide implementation of the healthy Rhode Island model;

(ix) Identification of resource needs for implementation and sustaining the healthy Rhode Island model and strategies to meet the identified needs; and

(x) A strategy for ensuring statewide participation no later than January 1, 2010 by all health insurers, third-party administrators, health care professionals, health care facilities as defined in § 23-17-2 of the Rhode Island general laws, and consumers in the healthy Rhode Island chronic care management plan, including common outcome measures, best practices and protocols, data reporting requirements, payment methodologies, and other standards.