Fidelis Care Names Juliet Nevins, MD Associate Medical Director

QUEENS, NY (07/30/2012)(readMedia)-- Fidelis Care, the New York State Catholic Health Plan, is pleased to announce that Dr. Juliet Nevins has been named Associate Medical Director for Quality Health Care Management. Dr. Nevins is responsible for reviewing clinical information to ensure that the appropriate level of care is being delivered to members. In addition, Dr. Nevins is responsible for initiating policies that will result in greater efficiency in utilization management. She is based out of Fidelis Care's Rego Park office.

Before joining Fidelis Care, Dr. Nevins was on staff at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, where she gained extensive knowledge in serving the medical needs of high risk populations. Previous to her tenure with Lutheran Medical Center, she was a partner in a private practice in New Jersey.

Dr. Nevins holds a Bachelor's degree from Vassar College, a Masters in Public Administration from New York University, and completed medical school at the University of Virginia. She is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist, an active member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee for Healthcare for Underserved Women, and a member of the American Medical Writers Association.

Dr. Nevins was born in Jamaica, West Indies, and emigrated to the United States at the age of ten. The family chose Brooklyn as their new home. Dr. Nevins, her son, parents, and siblings continue to call New York City home.

Fidelis Care offers free or low-cost health insurance through New York State's Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid Managed Care programs. Members are covered for regular checkups, preventive care, routine screenings, hospital and emergency care, eye exams, dental care, and more. In addition, Fidelis Care also offers a variety of benefit options through the Fidelis Medicare Advantage, Dual Advantage, Medicaid Advantage Plus, and Fidelis Care at Home programs, available in certain counties.

With more than 783,000 members in 59 counties statewide, Fidelis Care was founded on the belief that all New Yorkers should have access to affordable, quality health insurance. Members have access to more than 51,000 health care professionals statewide. Regional offices are located in Rego Park (Queens), Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse, with satellite offices in Rochester, Poughkeepsie, and Suffern.

For more information, call Fidelis Care toll-free at 1-888-FIDELIS (1-888-343-3547) or visit www.fideliscare.org.

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