DESI Drug List | Executive Office of Health and Human Services

RIBridges Alert

Alert for Health and Human Services customers about a recent data breach. Click here for more info.

Applications Update

There is an important update regarding application reviews. For more information, visit https://dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-services.

Applying for Benefits

The customer portal (healthyrhode.ri.gov and the HealthyRhode mobile app) is not available because of the data breach. You can apply for all benefits by phone by calling 1-855-697-4347, in person at a DHS office, or by mail. Visit https://dhs.ri.gov/apply-now for more information. Please click here to find application assistance.

Fair Hearing - How to Request Without Web (Mail, Call, Visit)

While the customer portal (healthyrhode.ri.gov and the HealthyRhode mobile app) is not available, fair hearings can only be requested by phone, in person, or by mail.

To file an appeal regarding Medicaid and Purchased Health Coverage through HealthSource RI, call HealthSource RI at 1-855-840-HSRI (4774). For questions about filing an appeal for human services programs such as SNAP, RIW, Child Care, GPA, or SSP call the Department of Human Services at 1-855-MY-RI-DHS (1-855-697-4347).

To request a fair hearing in person, please visit your nearest DHS office.

To request a fair hearing by mail, please mail your completed Appeal Form to PO Box 8709, Cranston, RI 02920.

For more information about the fair hearing process, please visit the Appeals Office page.

The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Non-Reimbursable Drug Products

The Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) was a program begun by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the 1960s after the Kefauver-Harris Drug Control Act, which was passed in 1962, required all drugs be efficacious as well as safe. The link below is for a list of the drugs and associated National Drug Codes (NDC) that are coded as DESI and therefore are not reimbursable by the RI Medicaid program.