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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. 

Fidelis Care has received notice from the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) of new compliance program requirements for Medicaid participating providers. Effective April 2020, for New York State (NYS) Social Services Law (SSL) §363-d, and effective December 28, 2022, for the corresponding regulations at 18 New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) Subpart 521-1, NYS Medicaid providers shall adopt, implement, and maintain effective compliance programs aimed at detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in the NYS Medicaid program.   Who is Required to Have a Compliance Program? NYS Social Services Law (SOS) § 363-d and Title 18 of the New York Codes, Rules

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

Fidelis Care would like to remind providers of a postpartum visit incentive being offered through the New York State (NYS) Medicaid program and inform providers of extended claim submission dates. This program will provide an additional payment to the current NYS Medicaid reimbursement for comprehensive, timely postpartum visits provided to Medicaid Managed Care (MMC)/Fidelis Care Medicaid members. Providers who delivered a person-centered comprehensive postpartum visit as outlined by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists clinical guidelines, including a postpartum depression screen, to Fidelis Care members within 12 weeks of the date of delivery will receive an additional payment of $208.55. 

Fidelis Care is partnering with Healthmap Solutions (Healthmap) to provide care coordination services within our kidney health management (KHM) program. As a leading national kidney health management company, the partnership with Healthmap will provide more comprehensive care for Medicaid, HARP, CHP, and Wellcare By Fidelis Care Medicare and Dual Advantage members, with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3, 4, 5, and end stage renal disease (ESRD). If you have a patient with kidney disease, or chronic conditions that may lead to kidney disease, Healthmap may contact you to facilitate care. Healthmap provides collaborative recommendations through workflow-friendly clinical decision support. Healthmap’s KHM program

Effective November 1, 2025, Fidelis Care will begin outreaching for additional clinical information if a member remains hospitalized beyond seven (7) days. This outreach will initiate a concurrent review to assess medical necessity and support discharge planning activities. Please note the following important updates: Initial approvals for emergent admissions and some elective admissions will no longer reflect a 30-day authorization period. Instead, ongoing hospitalization beyond 7 days will require submission of updated clinical documentation to support continued stay. Fidelis Care already conducts outreach for additional clinical information in cases where a member remains hospitalized for greater than 30 days. This new