Neighborhood Health Plan Fills Analytics and Strategy Roles
Rhode Island health-plan partners and providers will work with a new analytics vice president and a strategic initiatives vice president.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in People
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island named two internal employees to vice president roles, announced Oct. 15, with Elizabeth deLacy-Almeida taking over analytics and Lynne Urbani leading strategic initiatives. The appointments are an internal leadership change at the Smithfield-based health plan serving Rhode Island.
Why it matters
For operators in Rhode Island's health coverage market, the moves signal how a major local plan is organizing its data and strategy functions around membership and revenue growth. Promoting insiders for analytics and strategy suggests continuity in provider scorecard and product work rather than a change in direction.
Urbani brings 13 years as director of policy for the speaker of the R.I. House of Representatives, while deLacy-Almeida has worked at the plan since 2017 and was promoted from director of financial analysis. Both appointments were drawn from existing company and state-government experience rather than external hires.
The players
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
A Rhode Island health plan headquartered in Smithfield that administers coverage for members across the state and is organized around provider networks and membership growth.
Elizabeth deLacy-Almeida
An internal Neighborhood Health Plan executive promoted to vice president of analytics after leading financial analysis at the company since 2017.
Lynne Urbani
A health administration professional who served 13 years as director of policy for the speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives before joining the plan as vice president of strategic initiatives.
The details
Elizabeth deLacy-Almeida assumed the role of vice president of analytics, where she manages the company's analytic strategy by supporting data modernization and leading provider scorecard development. She holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Lynne Urbani began as vice president of strategic initiatives and holds a master's degree in health administration from Salve Regina University in Newport. The plan says Urbani will convert product strategy into business initiatives that promote membership and revenue growth and long-term organizational longevity.
Timeline
Elizabeth deLacy-Almeida has worked at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island since 2017.
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island announced both vice president appointments on Oct. 15, 2026.
Market Landscape
Neighborhood Health Plan's analytics and strategy functions sit within Rhode Island's managed-care framework, where plan performance is measured through provider scorecards. Filling both roles from inside the organization keeps that measurement and product-development work under established leadership.
Operators working with Neighborhood Health Plan should note that analytics and provider-scorecard work now sits with a vice president who is already inside the company. Vendors and partners tied to the plan's data modernization effort may find the same internal leads in place for ongoing projects.
The takeaway
Operators dealing with Neighborhood Health Plan should treat the analytics and strategy leads as the points of contact for provider scorecard and membership-growth initiatives going forward. Track whether the plan publishes updated provider scorecard criteria over the next two quarters, since those will show how the new analytics leadership is shaping performance measurement.
Further reading
For more on executive moves across the state, browse the People section for Rhode Island business leadership coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Providence Business News.
