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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...
WILLEM VAN LANCKER'S new 'blue wave' design has been chosen as the winner of the RI State Plate Design Contest. / COURTESY R.I. DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

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...
MARIA E. CIMINI has been named the new director for the R.I. Office of Healthy Aging. / COURTESY MARIA E. CIMINI

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...
CELIA J. BLUE, right, seen here in 2016 as the R.I. Department of Transportation's chief of staff at the time, will step away as the R.I. Department of Human Services' interim director at the end of the month. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
Jane A. Hayward

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...
AT LEAST 28 PATIENTS recently got COVID-19 at Eleanor Slater Hospital, but state officials said it had nothing to do with a crisis-level staffing policy enacted on Dec. 31 allowing for COVID-19-positive employees to come into the workplace. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS

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...
THE R.I. EXECUTIVE OFFICE of Health and Human Services announced on Jan. 6 that it's imposing a $600,000 fine against Medical Transportation Management after conducting an audit of the company’s policies that was prompted by a fatal crash allegedly caused a driver who worked for a subcontractor of the company.

‘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...
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