Many hospitals and health care systems are turning to out-of-state practitioners to quickly ramp up staffing to the levels necessary to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilization of health care ...

Built on the theory that some things just don’t fit, the square-peg-in-a-round-hole analogy can easily be used to describe the process in which insurance payers manage provider credentialing. Most ...

In the highly-competitive insurance industry, payers are constantly tasked with finding new ways to differentiate themselves from their competition. An often-overlooked opportunity to stand out among ...

Inefficient credentialing processes are draining rural hospitals of critical revenue and delaying care, says this hospital leader. Editor's note: Martha Henley is the COO of Java Medical Group and CEO ...

As more hospitals employ and contract with physicians, lawsuits holding hospitals liable for medical negligence have become more prevalent. While each hospital has its own credentialing process, ...

As the coronavirus pandemic has reached the phase where non-pharmaceutical interventions are being implemented daily (social distancing, school and work closures, travel restrictions, etc.), hospitals ...

If you’ve been wondering how healthcare reform will affect your hospital’s credentialing process, part of the answer may lie in new CMS regulations about terminated providers. Specifically, the ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that Baptist Health, Arkansas' largest hospital system, cannot deny physicians' privileges if they are financially invested in a competitor, according to an AMA ...

NEWPORT, RI – Newport Hospital has again attained the distinguished Magnet hospital designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. Considered the gold ...