Tag: R.i. Executive Office Of Health And Human Services
Thrive urges lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at improving mental health...
WARWICK – Executives at Thrive Behavioral Health and members of its board of directors met with state lawmakers earlier this month to discuss Rhode...
EOHHS names Medicaid program director
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...
R.I. motorists will keep riding the ‘blue wave’
PROVIDENCE – The long-running “Blue Wave” Rhode Island state license plate design will be replaced by a new blue wave design.
During a news conference...
Cimini named R.I. Office of Healthy Aging director; DiCenso to chair...
PROVIDENCE – A former state representative has been tapped to lead the R.I. Office of Healthy Aging, while a longtime educator will now chair...
State offering $7.5M in grants for pediatricians impacted by pandemic
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services are providing $7.5 million in federal relief dollars...
Blue to step down as state DHS interim director
PROVIDENCE – While the R.I. Department of Human Services is still searching for a permanent leader, the department will see another administration change at...
Make healthy lives for all Rhode Islanders a top priority
Over the last few years, we’ve worked closely together as co-chairs of the Rhode Island Foundation-initiated long-term health planning effort. During that time, we’ve...
BHDDH: Bringing in COVID-positive staff didn’t lead to outbreak at ESH
CRANSTON – State officials said on Friday that a COVID-19 outbreak among patients at the Eleanor Slater Hospital is unrelated to the crisis-level staffing...
‘Egregious behavior’ leads to $600K fine by R.I. officials against MTM
CRANSTON – In the aftermath of a crash that took the life of a Coventry woman in late November involving an allegedly drunk driver...
Integra partners with House of Hope to address homelessness
PROVIDENCE – A new partnership between Providence-based Integra Community Care Network and House of Hope Community Development Corp. in Warwick aims to place more...