The Fidelis Care Blog

Fidelis Care believes that quality, affordable healthcare should be accessible to all, regardless of where you live. National Rural Health Day is an important opportunity to raise awareness and recognize the unique challenges that rural residents face in accessing healthcare. By celebrating this day, we highlight our commitment to improving healthcare access and outcomes and providing support to rural healthcare providers and their patients. Fidelis Care partners with many healthcare providers in rural areas, to ensure that residents have access to quality care closer to home. Rural communities face unique challenges because of limited access to major grocery stores, safe and

Fidelis Care invites participating providers and their staff to attend an informational webinar about the continuous enrollment changes underway in Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Essential Plan, Health and Recovery Plans, and Managed Long Term Care plans in New York state. Join us from 10 - 11 AM on Thursday, June 22 for Unwinding the Public Health Emergency: Keeping New Yorkers Covered to hear from a panel of Fidelis Care staff and partners who will discuss the renewal changes and answer any questions. You must register in advance for this Zoom webinar. You also can submit any questions during your registration. After registering,

With the lifting of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the automatic renewal of health insurance has ended. If your patients are Fidelis Care Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Child Health Plus, or HealthierLife (HARP) members, they will need to renew their health insurance to keep their coverage without interruption. This will affect your patients in those plans with a coverage end date after December 31, 2021. You can check your patient's renewal (recert) date by going to the Provider Portal and accessing the patient's record. Please remind your patients that they will need to keep their health insurance coverage to avoid any issues

February is Children's Dental Health Month, but dental health is important all year round. Children learn by watching their parents, and there are some simple ways you can help your kids avoid cavities and learn good habits for healthy teeth. Here are ways to help children keep their teeth clean. Brush teeth twice a day. Use a soft-bristle toothbrush. Brush all the parts of their teeth including their gums. Brush for two minutes – about the time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice. Floss once a day. How much toothpaste should children use? According to dentists, it depends on how

SYRACUSE, NY (August 21, 2019) –Fidelis Care is emphasizing the importance of health and wellness at the 2019 Great New York State Fair with the addition of free dental screenings for children and adults and free hearing screenings for seniors. Fidelis Care will be on-site during all 13 days of the Fair with an exciting series of events for the entire family. Here’s an overview of Fidelis Care’s activities:   Senior Days, August 26/27/28: Fidelis Care is a major supporter of Senior Days, with free hearing screenings on Tuesday, August 27 from 10 AM to 4 PM provided by Syracuse University’s Gebbie