Amid challenges like staff shortages, physician burnout and endless administrative tasks, hospitals and health systems still are striving to scale their services and impact. To make improvements that ...

The Joint Commission recently announced it has changed its accreditation rules to enable more hospitals and telemedicine companies to use the streamlined “credentialing by proxy” process. Under the ...

Provider credentialing is a necessary task that ensures physicians are qualified to deliver patient care and receive compensation. It impacts not only the providers’ ability to work, but also patient ...

Texas is the latest state to create a simplified physician credentialing system for health plans. The goal is to draw more physicians into Medicaid programs. The bureaucratic hassle of applying to ...

Historically, provider credentialing has been slow to evolve. But technology is shifting credentialing from an arduous, manual process to one that is automated, streamlined and more efficient.

The path to becoming a teacher in California might seem daunting, but the agency tasked with certifying the state’s public school educators wants to help demystify the process. The California ...

Although rare, issues of malpractice, substandard care, and even the extreme case of “Dr. Death” are very real events that can happen in the medical community. Since the launch of the National ...

Healthcare credentialing is more than paperwork—it’s the backbone of patient safety, regulatory compliance, and provider revenue. With 2026 bringing stricter CMS, payer, and state requirements, delays ...

In the United States, only about 45% of college students graduate with a full degree in four years. That leaves 55% who intended to get a degree but, at the end of a typical college term, do not have ...