Awards and Accolades

Neighborhood is proud to serve our Rhode Island community and work with many wonderful people and organizations here.  When these efforts are publicly acknowledged, it is a celebration of the innovative partnerships we forge with members, providers, legislators, administrators, advocates and many others.  Here is a listing of some of that public recognition:

• 2006 Innovation of the Year Award - Co-sponsored by Providence Business News (PBN) and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC), Neighborhood is the proud recipient of the prestigious 2006 "Innovation of the Year" award. Neighborhood is recognized as being the first health insurer in the country to use video conference technology to provide high quality medical interpreting for the Latino population. CEO Mark Reynolds accepted the award at the first annual 2006 Rhode Island Innovation awards ceremony that took place on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at the IMAX Theatre.
  
  The Rhode Island Innovation Awards, sponsored by PBN and the RIEDC, recognize the top seven organizations or individuals who bring innovative products, services, and processes to the market. These awards highlight a forward-thinking approach to the challenges of doing business.
  
  To learn more about video conference medical interpreting, please click here.
• Meritorious Award - Rhode Island Public Health Association (2005)  The Meritorious Award is given annually to one organization for efforts to advance public health in Rhode Island.  Neighborhood was celebrated for its persistent advocacy to improve public health policy, programming and service, particularly in the areas of asthma and diabetes.  Additionally, Neighborhood's cooperative efforts in support public health initiatives were feted.  The Rhode  Island Public Health Association is a professional organization concerned with the advancement of public health throughout the state.
• Named “One of the top ten Medicaid health plans in America” by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in 2004
• Business Partner of the Year – Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN) – (2004) RIPIN works with parents to educate them on services available to their kids and help them get the services the kids need. RIPIN commended Neighborhood for our cooperative efforts in working with them on educating families of children with special health care needs.  “This company gets it, and they are always willing to work with us on new ideas,” said RIPIN executives.
• Partner of the Year – The Providence Center (2004) Neighborhood was honored for its “tireless efforts to promote equitable health and mental health care for Rhode Islanders.” Executives praised Neighborhood for its “unique partnerships with community health centers, and state and private institutions to provide health care for low and moderate income families.”  The Providence Center helps Rhode Island adults, children and adolescents who are affected by mental health difficulties by providing treatment and supportive services within a community setting.
• Community Partner Award Winner - Adoption Rhode Island (2004) For the “outstanding” work that Neighborhood’s children with special health care needs and substitute care programs have done in caring for children in subsidized adoption placements.
• Hablamos Juntos grant recipient - One of two health plans in the country selected by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to address racial and ethnic health disparities through medical interpreter reimbursements, standards and training – a $1 million dollar project.
• Center for Health Care Strategies grants - Funding to assess how to incorporate adults with developmental disabilities into Medicaid managed care, to improve access to preventive care services for adolescents, and to help reduce health disparities among pregnant Hispanic women.
• In 2001, Neighborhood became the first health center affiliated health plan in America to be rated “Excellent” by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).  We have retained this designation since that time.
• Founding member of the Association of Community Affiliated Plans – group of independent, non profit community based plans dedicated to improving the viability of Medicaid Managed Care