This past year has brought numerous changes—both good and bad. For many, a change to working from home was stressful in the beginning, but also brought a chance to shake up how things are done. “There was a focus on work successfully achieved to expectation rather than hours served,” say Jenny...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 8
Many providers have faced a challenging year with COVID-19 and shifted priorities to deal with the public health emergency. Now, if your organization is experiencing a break in the critical care needs of patients, this is a good time to implement any lessons learned during the pandemic. What...
Oftentimes, with improvement comes change, and a few years ago, Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, made a big change. In an effort to connect related departments and play to the strengths of their employees, the medical center realigned its revenue cycle, credentialing, and...
When we hear the terms frontline workers or people on the front lines, we often picture medical scrubs and stethoscopes, physicians covered head to toe in personal protective equipment, nurses treating patients, and...
As part of streamlining provider enrollment, more hospitals and health systems are seeking delegated credentialing from commercial payers on behalf of their medical groups or other provider organizations, such as a physician hospital organization (PHO) or independent practice association (IPA)....
A recent survey shows provider directory maintenance can be expensive and that, in the absence of an affordable technical fix, you’ll have to tighten up your record updating if you want to reduce those costs.
CAQH, the nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations best known...
