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08/30/2010
Providence, RI, September 11, 2010, 2-7 PM, Roger Williams Memorial National Park, N. Main St. (Corner of Canal St. and Park Row) – The largest recovery event in RI history will be held in Providence, RI and sponsored by The Department of BHDDH and the RI Recovery Month Coalition, the A &
08/16/2010
The Rhode Island Department of Human Services announced today that it has made its recommendations to the Rhode Island Department of Administration in the selection of contracted health plans for the Rhode Island Medicaid Managed Care programs, RIte Care and Rhody Health Partners. The State...
06/10/2010
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced the start-up of the Shared Living Program, a new option in long-term care services for Medicaid-eligible elders and adults with disabilities. Shared Living allows a disabled adults and seniors to live in a community-based setting, rather...
03/29/2010
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services today announced the launch of a new data warehouse for the RI Medicaid Program, designed to integrate data from multiple state agencies. The development of the new Health and Human Services' Data Warehouse was funded through a grant from the Center...
03/15/2010
State Health and Human Services Secretary, Gary D. Alexander recently called upon state Veterans Organizations to organize a state-wide day for POW-MIA [Prisoners of War Missing-in-Action] Commemoration and Remembrance. POW-MIA Day is recognized each year on the third Friday of September and...
11/09/2009
Improvement is Attributed to RIte Smiles
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has reported that Rhode Island ranked sixth (6th) in the nation for the percentage of children under age 21 who received dental services. Rhode Island’s rate of participation was 46 percent</
07/15/2009
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) announced that the agency received a $3.6 million planning grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for an integrated Information Technology (IT) system to support the changes outlined in the Medicaid Global Waiver. ...
04/28/2009
The State of Rhode Island has received 3500 blankets, at no cost, from the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), a field-level activity of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), an agency of the United States Department of Defense (DOD). The blankets are intended for distribution to the homeless.
03/09/2009
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) are seeking interested parties to serve on the RI Global Consumer Choice Compact Waiver (Global Medicaid Waiver) Implementation Task Force to provide input on the planning and implementation of...
02/11/2009
Governor Donald L. Carcieri today announced his intention to submit the name of Craig
S. Stenning as Director of the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (MHRH).
Stenning has been serving as Acting Director of MHRH since June of 2008. The nomination is
subject to the advice...