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Medicaid Renewals

For information about Medicaid Renewals, please visit https://staycovered.ri.gov/

Call Center Thanksgiving Hours

Please note Call Center hours for the week of Thanksgiving. The Call Center will be open normal business hours on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Nov. 20-22. The Call Center will be closed on Thursday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, though self-service options will remain accessible, including the Customer Portal (healthyrhode.ri.gov), and mobile app. The Call Center will not take incoming calls on Friday for processing work, normally completed on Wednesdays. Please plan accordingly and Happy Thanksgiving!

Attention Medicaid Members

Have you moved in the past three years? Have you gotten a new phone number or email address? If your contact information is out of date, you might miss important information regarding your Medicaid benefits. Stay connected to health coverage, and update your contact information today! Click here for more information. You can access your account online at https://healthyrhode.ri.gov.

Protecting Your Benefits

ebtEDGE will never call or text you to ask for your personal information, card number or PIN. Do not share your information with anyone. Protect yourself by changing your PIN frequently -- using a different PIN each time -- or by freezing your card. 

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LIHWAP Resources

Three generations, a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter, wash dishes together.

Want to promote LIHWAP in your community or at your agency, school or building? Post or share our LIHWAP flyers that are in English and Spanish.

FY23-Low Income Household Water Assistance Program Flyer (English) PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes
FY23-Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (Spanish) PDF file, about 1mbmegabytes

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RI Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 8709
Cranston, RI  02920-8787

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1-855-MY-RIDHS
1-855-697-4347

Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Dial 7-1-1

 

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