Who hires the best medical professionals shouldn't come down to who can verify credentials the fastest, but unfortunately, that is often the case. The truth is medical facilities that have the latest ...

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 ...

What do these two cases have in common? Case No. 1: Jayant Patel, a surgeon dubbed "Dr. Death" in Australia for several botched operations was sentenced last week to seven years in prison for killing ...

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 ...

Healthcare organizations face a myriad of challenges when it comes to the credentialing process, according to SkillSurvey’s latest healthcare organization survey. For the March survey, the reference ...

Doctors can only practice medicine in states where they’re licensed. Then each insurer they work with needs to verify their credentials. It’s a messy and time-consuming process that costs more than $1 ...