Welcome to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) was created to facilitate cooperation and coordination among the five state departments that administer Rhode Island's health and social service programs - the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), the Department of Elderly Affairs (DEA), the Department of Human Services (DHS), the Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH).
These departments collectively impact the lives of virtually all Rhode Islanders, providing direct services and benefits to over 300,000 citizens while working to protect the overall health, safety and independence of all Rhode Islanders.
News
- Notice of Open Meeting on the following two reports:
Integrated Care and Financing for Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries, April 2012 
Integrated Care for Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries- A Demonstration Proposal to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The EOHHS will hold an Open Meeting to obtain public comments on the above reports. The dates of the meetings are May 3, 2012 and May 15, 2012. Please see the attached open meeting notice for more information.
- Data on Nursing Home Transitions to the home and/or community by month. ('NHTP' is the Nursing Home Transition Program and 'MFP' is Money Follows the Person.) monthly report
- EOHHS is proposing admendments to Medical Assistance Program Rules in the following sections: 0330, 0362, 0384, 0396, 0372 and Principles of Nursing Home Reimbursement. For more information, please see the Interested Parties Letter in Rules and Regulations.
- Veterans Annual Report FY 2011
- New State Tax Policy and Patient Liability- Please read the New State Tax Policy and Patient Liability.
For questions regarding patient liability, please contact the appropriate Long-Term Care Field Office.
- EOHHS is proposing amendments to Medical Assistance Program Rules, Section 0348 RIte Care Program and 0374 Communities of Care. The proposed amendment includes language to provide access to a limited set of complementary alternative pain management services for the treatment of chronic pain for Communities of Care enrollees in RIte Care and Rhody Health Partners who meet established criteria. The complementary alternative services may include limited: Chiropractic care, Acupuncture and Therapeutic Massage. For more information see proposed Rules and Regulations. [Submit data, views or written comments by March 12, 2012.]
- The Global Waiver Quarterly Reports dated, Jan-March 2011, April-June 2011, and July-Sept 2011 have been added to the Reports page.
- Designated Medicaid Information, April 1- June 30, 2011, Report to the RI Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
- An Independent Evaluation of Rhode Island's Global Waiver, Dec 6, 2011, 43 pages.
Produced by the Lewin Group.
- For information on Rhode Islanders with Medicare and Medicaid coverage and state efforts to integrate care, see Medicare/Medicaid-Integrated Care.
- Rhode Island’s The Rhode to Home is a new demonstration project that will align with other State efforts to re-balance RI’s long-term care system. The Rhode to Home will provide support to transition eligible individuals who are in a qualified institutional setting for 90 days or more to home and community-based settings. For more information, see Rhode to Home.
- RI Annual Medicaid Expenditure Report SFY 2010, EOHHS, June 2011.
- Monitoring Quality and Access in RIte Care and Rhody Health Partners, EOHHS, Oct 2011.
- For information on registering to vote in RI, go to the RI Board of Elections website. Assistance is also available at DHS Offices.
Calendar
Global Waiver Taskforce
Next meeting - May 21, 2012, 1:00 -3:00 p.m. See 2012 meeting schedule for location.
Global Waiver Taskforce 2012 meetings
Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee
Next meeting- June 6, 2012, 7:00 - 8:00 am., DHS, Hazard Building, Garden Conference Rm.(lower level), 74 West Rd., Cranston, RI.
Medical Care Advisory Committee 2012 meetings
