Multiple Updates 11/12/25

Hello! A lot of updates going on at the office!

Portal Follow My Health Update

Our new portal, FollowMyHealth started to send out invites today as if the kids were adults, which doesn't work well if you have multiple children. We will be sending our parents an Authorized Individual Invite. The patient's name will be in the blue link. If you have a FollowMyHealth account click "Sign In & Connect" if you do not already have an account click "Sign up & Connect". Sign up with your information, it will then connect the patients account. The security code is 1234. If you would like to receive your email sooner, call the office and we will get you set up.

The insane part of this switch is that we were not allowed to configure the settings or test any of the applications before going live! Obviously, that is insanity. So, there will be some growing pains, but that said, I have already had 3 parent messages come through this afternoon, so the messages are getting through to me.

Medicaid VFC Vaccine Update

We have all Medicaid/VFC vaccines in stock, including flu and covid. These vaccines can also be used for patients without insurance.

Covid Vaccines

Speaking of vaccines, Covid vaccines have gone very well, and we only had a few denials, and even those are likely to be worked out. We no longer require paying first for most of the major insurance plans we take, so in general, you can expect it to be treated like any other vaccine by your insurance company.

Insurances we take Update

We just signed a contract with MHS and Ambetter insurances, which offer MHS Medicaid and Ambetter Marketplace insurances. We have not been told when the contract will go into effect, which is common with insurance companies. We believe it will be in effect by Christmas. I will update this space when we know more!

Please try to switch over to the new portal ASAP, it has more features, and the old portal will be discontinued in January.

Thanks, Dr Fisher

Covid Update:

So far we have given 40 doses and it is going very well. We will be offering them to anyone who would like one. At this point we have seen that Anthem, United, Cigna and Aetna are reimbursing almost all patients. Currently we are collecting the money for the vaccine for every insurance but Anthem at time of administration, and then we will refund via check when we receive payment. For Anthem patients we are just having parents sign a waiver that says if Anthem doesn't pay that we will run their credit card. We believe the covid vaccine is helpful in slowing the spread of covid to high risk individuals, and making kids less contagious is a vital part of protecting the vulnerable in our population. We have already had a patient in the ICU with covid this year.

Price is $100 for children under 12, $115 for 12 and older

Flu update:

Flu shots are in and we have been giving them for a few weeks. We are happy to do adult family members as well. Flu has already started in our community. We have had positive tests for both Flu A and Flu B, including a hospital admission

Notable Spring Dates
2/20/21 - First day Caitlynn Worden, PNP, worked
2/28/25 - I year anniversary of the idea of office
3/10/25 - 1 year anniversary of the logo
3/12/25 - 1 year anniversary of Fisher Peds LLC
March - Room 5 almost ready for use

What will be new for 2025?

I am excited for 2025. We have worked out many of the kinks of opening a new office, and now my goal is to increase access even more for our patients. To that end, we have hired an excellent Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to start covering Thursday afternoons in the spring, and then move up to part time in the summer. She is fantastic, and I am looking forward to being able to tell you more about her. With the addition of caregivers, sometimes parents worry that they will not be able to see their doctor. That will never be an issue at Fisher Pediatrics, but our new NP will be a great resource when I am not available. Now for vacations, personal illness, jury duty, etc, you will have high quality pediatric care as an option in the office your kids feel most comfortable.

We have covid and flu vaccines and are happy to vaccinate parents as well, please message us through the portal to set up your appointment!

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We finally are in network with United Healthcare, as of July 10th. We are still waiting on Tricare. I was told that should happen this week.

We have ordered flu shots and covid shots for this fall. They should arrive late August or early September. We will post the news to the website when we have them in stock!

The floors are done! They are now puke and pee proof, but at the same time look and feel great! We want to thank

Ulysses T. VanDyke

(317-748-7030)

for a professional and fantastic install job - it was a pleasure doing business with him.

Why is this baby so happy? Well besides being the obvious choice for healthy baby sticker for the "Well Waiting Room" he is thrilled that we finally had our phones installed!!

Phone: 317-861-7125

Fax: 317-861-7141

We are not in the office yet, since I will be at Community through June 1st, so still feel free to text questions or appointments to my cell at 317-490-6494

It's a me, Mario!! Yep, we took the theme from the nurse room from Circle City Peds and made it a full theme from room 1!

Stay tuned for a big change coming to the office this week and next!

So Room 3 is first out of the gate to be decorated, and it is a return to the style of Room 2 at Circle City Peds - Winnie the Pooh. We are thinking super heroes for another room and possibly Disney theme for the third, although I may go a little more random as well!

Signage

Hopefully our sign will be up the second week of May!

For now, here is the mock up picture. Our office is very easy to get to, right off US 52 by the Ace Hardware in New Palestine.

The Inside

Some of you may find this familiar. This is the suite we used 18 years ago when we had a New Palestine satellite for Circle City Pediatrics. It feels full circle to come back! The office looks almost exactly the same, but we do have some gentle remodeling to do over the next 2 months. We just got it painted, it is coming along nicely!

Nurses Station

Yesterday was a big day for the practice, my wife and two teenage sons helped me move the fridge in, and it looks and fits great. We also installed over 50 LED lights and built a few of the waiting rooms chairs, which ended up being very sturdy and super comfortable.