Dental Credentialing FAQ's

Government programs such as Medicare have their provider enrollment, chain, and ownership system (PECOS). The approval of provider enrolment and provider credentialing in medical billing is faster than commercial insurance providers, and Medicare has an average approval time of 41 days. On the other hand, commercial insurance carriers can take anywhere from 60 to 180 days. Therefore, this is a game of waiting, hurrying, and waiting again.

Timely arrangements of the required documents e.g. Malpractice, DEA, State license and various other documents with outmost efforts of initial research with every state payer to have everything ready before filing the new credentialing applications.

Furnishing documents, understand regulatory obligations, frameworks for the specific State.

The common healthcare professions are nurses, doctors, pharmacists, dentists, osteopaths, and opticians. These healthcare professionals need to constantly validate their credentials periodically or based on a new skill or specialization they have learned and want to apply.

Mostly it take anywhere from 60 to 180 days but the Insurance companies have varying standards, jurisdictions and policies for enlisting healthcare service providers. Also sometimes, credentialing departments do poorly track the follow-up after the initial credentialing process.

NO, it’s all up to payers and requirement of that particular specialty in that specific service location. Always try to apply for all line of business to get credential first time after that you can disenrolled as required.

PYou can visit local clinics, Practices with the same specialty you have to see the Walk-in patients for any Specific plan/product. But as HIPPA compliant no one share this type of data you must initially apply for all products and available panels latter on you can decide staying in network or getting out of network for any panel.

Credentialing varies by state, medical practice, practitioner, and other factors. Automation can help medical centers avoid mistakes in credentialing because of these unknowns. Medical credentialing is state-specific.

First and foremost thing is to initiate applications with available IPAs to get contracted at first place. Otherwise or we can escalate/expedite our request for joining network with payers in the form of appeals.

Yes! Depending on the specialty of the provider.

Credentialing is ongoing process for the providers cost varies but the Credentialing in medical billing is cost-saving. If done ahead of time and using automation, there are no risks involved. Healthcare organizations are finding ways to automate and streamline their processes.

An integrated Credentialing system including detailed Monthly Grids, Weekly Summary/Reports of the credentialing progress with proper checks for document expiry dates sends reminders to the providers, follow-up with the required practitioners and payers can prove highly efficient