Primary Care Provider Credentialing Criteria

In order for a Provider to be credentialed as a HIV Primary Care Provider , and provide services for HIV/AIDS infected enrollees, the applicant must meet the AIDS Institute HIV Specialist Definition including:

  1. Evidence of sixteen (16) office hours per week on at least two (2) days per week at the primary care site.
  2. Obtain at least ten (10) HIV-specific Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits within the last twelve (12) months, including information on the use of ARV therapy in an ambulatory setting.
  3. HIV care management of at least twenty (20) HIV-infected individuals within the last (12) twelve months. The experience must have been in the direct clinical management person with HIV receiving ARV therapy in a postgraduate program, clinic, and hospital-based or private practice.

Click here for the Provider Application.

Amida Care is an NYS sponsored HIV Special Needs Plan that provides health care for people on Medicaid living with HIV, and for their children. Amida Care services Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Joining an HIV SNP is voluntary. To learn about HIV SNPs, call the New York Medicaid CHOICE Helpline at 1-800-505-5678. (TTY/TDD 1-888-329-1541)

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