KRISTIN PONO SOUSA is Rhode Island’s new Medicaid program director. She was appointed to the position after filling it on an interim basis since December of 2021. / COURTESY R.I. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDENCE – Kristin Pono Sousa, Rhode Island’s interim Medicaid program director since December of 2021, has been appointed to fill the position permanently. Sousa will begin the new role on April 10, according to the R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services. An EOHHS staff member since 2018, Sousa has spent much of her…