6/13/2025
• Posted by Provider Relations
Annual cultural competency training for participating providers is required by the New York State Department of Health. At this time, The New York State DOH will only accept the approved training offered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Minority Health education program, Think Cultural Health, to fulfill the requirement for provider annual cultural competency training.*
Once the cultural competency training has been completed, providers need to verify completion of the program by emailing the Cultural Competency Attestation Form to:
CulturalCompetencyTrainingAttestation@fideliscare.org.
The required Cultural Competency Training needs to be completed annually by December 31st. Providers that completed
6/11/2025
• Posted by Provider Relations
Fidelis Care would like to remind providers that Urgent and Concurrent Authorization Requests cannot be submitted through the Provider Portal, as this will cause delays in processing.
To expedite the processing of Urgent, providers should submit requests through:
Availity Essentials, or
Fax Urgent requests directly to: (800) 860-8720, and label the request as “Urgent”
Urgent Concurrent Authorization Requests and Concurrent Authorization Requests should be submitted by:
Faxing requests directly to: (800) 860-8720, and labeling the request as “Concurrent”
To register for an Availity Essentials account, visit Register and Get Started with Availity Essentials.
For additional questions, or if we can be of assistance in any
6/9/2025
• Posted by Provider Relations
In an effort to streamline provider demographic changes and provider termination requests, Fidelis Care has created two new electronic forms for providers to use. Please use these forms to submit changes under a singular TIN. In order to expedite the request, all fields on the forms are required. If not complete, the request will be delayed.
Forms available on fideliscare.org:
Provider Demographic Change Request Form
Provider Termination Request Form
Once completed, the forms can be submitted electronically to SMProviderAttestationUpdates@fideliscare.org. In the subject line of the email, please enter Demographic Change/Termination Request for "Your Provider/Group Name" in "Your County" (i.e. Demographic Change Request
6/9/2025
• Posted by Provider Relations
Access to quality care is important to eliminate health disparities and increase the quality and years of healthy life for all New Yorkers. The NYSDOH requires that certain Access and Availability Standards be met by PCPs, OB/GYNs, specialists, and behavioral health providers where applicable. Click here to view the full list of standards, including situations and timeframes.
For additional questions, or if we can be of assistance in any way, please contact your Fidelis Care Provider Engagement Account Manager. To find your designated representative, please click here.
6/5/2025
• Posted by Provider Relations
Fidelis Care received notice from New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support (OASAS), that providers are required to bill OTP bundle services under the APG methodology effective November 3, 2025. This applies to Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) plans, including Mainstream MMC plans, HIV Special Needs Plans (HIV SNPs), and Health and Recovery Plans (HARPs).
Initiative Timeline:
Beginning July 1, 2024, providers were given the option to bill OTP bundle services either under the existing OTP bundle rate codes or the APG methodology. The May memorandum also indicated that OASAS would zero out the bundle rate codes (7969-7976) after a
6/3/2025
• Posted by Provider Relations
You asked and we listened! Fidelis Care is pleased to announce that Health Savings Unit (HSU) Recovery letters are now available on Provider Access Online, Fidelis Care’s Provider Portal, in the File Download section.
To access the HSU letters:
Use the menu on the left of the Provider Access Online home page to navigate to the File Downloads section.
On the File Download page, providers can search by File Type and File Created date range.
Click on the letter you would like to download. HSU letters will include only the provider’s name and provider identification number.
To dispute an HSU retraction, providers
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