In addition to standard commercial healthcare services, the
RIte Care program also offered participants:
- Transportation provided through an agreement with the Rhode Island
Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA).
- Multi-lingual and multi-cultural provider network and member services.
- Unlimited mental health and substance abuse services.
- A consumer advisory council.
- Early intervention programs such as RIte Beginnings—a professional
nursing case management and home visitation program targeted towards
low-income, first-time teen mothers. The program focuses on parenting
skills, child development, self-sufficiency, problem solving skills,
healthcare compliance, and enhancing personal and community networks.
The RIte Care program aimed to meet the following goals:
- Assured quality of services.
- Improved health status as assessed by:
- Decreased incidence of Low Birth Weight (LBW).
- Increased use of prenatal care.
- Improved immunization rates.
- Decreased prevalence of lead poisoning.
- Lengthened inter-pregnancy intervals.
- Decreased preventable hospitalizations.
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