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Introducing our new eBook: A Beginner’s Guide to Privileging
If you’re a medical professional struggling to navigate the complex world of credentialing and privileging, this beginner's guide to privileging is for you!...
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Understanding Expertise vs. Specialties in the Healthcare Industry
In this blog post, we outline several considerations to help healthcare organizations understand the distinction between expertise and specialties, and how they relate to...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Privileging
HealthStream® has helped over 3,000 healthcare organizations tackle their privileging challenges. And we’ve condensed some of our significant learnings into this eBook to provide a...
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Improve Decision-making, Reduce Variability, and Optimize Patient Care with New Smart Logic Functionality
CredentialStream just keeps getting better! See how the recently released Privilege smart logic functionality will help improve clinical and non-clinical decision-making, reduce...
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Updated 2023 Staff-to-Provider Ratios in Medical Staff Credentialing
Updated research highlights several variables that come into play when determining the appropriate Staff-to-Provider Ratios in Medical Staff Credentialing. Get the details in this...
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The Importance of Background Checks in Healthcare: Ensuring Patient Safety and Reducing Organizational Risk
This blog post explores background checks in healthcare, the elements included in them, and the considerations organizations should keep in mind when developing their background...
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Launch Webinar
Join us for the launch of our new eBook: A Beginner’s Guide to Privileging
Learn about how HealthStream's newest eBook chronicles the industry's leading privileging processes....
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10 Key Findings from our 2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
1,181 medical services professionals (MSPs) were surveyed for our 2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing. Process Improvement and Provider Data Management initiatives...
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Revenue Cycle Management Made Easy with CredentialMyDoc
Revenue cycle management significantly impacts how well an organization functions. Unfortunately, in the healthcare industry, mistakes made within the revenue cycle are common and...
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Annual Report
Annual Report
2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
This year, we connected with 1100+ Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) to gather insight into every aspect of the medical staff credentialing process. Discover key trends within...
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Product Insight Webinar
CredentialStream Just Got Even Smarter: Use Smart Logic to Connect Privilege Content and Data
CredentialStream now uses smart logic to connect privilege content and data like never before...
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Q&A with Brandi Zevenbergen: How Privilege has Improved with Smart Logic
CredentialStream's Privilege module has a new feature that uses smart logic to optimize process efficiency, with the end result of giving patients quality care....
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How CredentialStream Addresses Key Use Cases for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
As the number of patients served by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) increases, a lack of digital technology to support enrollment, credentialing and privileging can...
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Reduce Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Timeframes with CredentialMyDoc
Streamlining your credentialing and enrollment processes will deliver increased efficiency while allowing you to provide the best care possible. Here’s how CredentialMyDoc can...
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VerityStream and HealthStream Unite as a Single Brand Focused on Improving the Quality of Healthcare
VerityStream and HealthStream are moving away from operating as two separate companies, and now operate as one under the HealthStream brand....
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Key Learnings from the 2023 National Credentialing Forum
The annual National Credentialing Forum meeting brings accreditors, regulatory agencies, organizations, and credentialing specialists together to learn....
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Industry Insight Webinar
2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
Discover the trends and priorities in the medical staff credentialing industry in the 2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing....
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Comply with the No Surprises Act Using VerityStream's Provider Network Management Solution
One major challenge health plans face today is navigating the No Surprises Act. But the good news is, they don’t have to tackle it alone, Network by VerityStream can help. ...
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7 Strategies for Adopting The Joint Commission’s Appointment Period Change
Learn 7 strategies for adopting The Joint Commission’s Appointment Period Change from two to three years without compromising patient safety....
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Best Practices for Professional Practice Evaluation: Measure and Monitor Provider Performance
Learn industry-leading best practices healthcare systems can leverage to ensure quality and safety....
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Product Insight Webinar
Bring Efficiency and Satisfaction to your Credentialing and Enrollment Team with CredentialMyDoc
If your medical group is managing credentialing and enrollment with a cobbled together mix of spreadsheets and software – it's time for an upgrade!...
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Web-based, Hassle-free Credentialing and Enrollment Software for Growing Medical Practices
When it comes to credentialing and enrollment, you simply can’t afford to skip software made for the job!...
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Expanding Access For a Growing Network
CredentialStream has helped Sentara HealthCare with duplicate records, complications with system-wide updates, and a lack of transparency within the application process,. ...
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What to Expect with The Joint Commission's New Reappointment Process Guidelines
Reappointment is the process of re-evaluating a practitioner’s qualifications and current competency to provide services for a healthcare organization after they’ve been appointed...
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Product Insight Webinar
Manage Your Health Plan Business Demands with Network by VerityStream
Network by VerityStream is the optimal solution for network management, a crucial factor in healthcare providing credentialing and other measures....
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Performance Privileges - The Value of Volume Data
Gathering massive amounts of data allows organizations to compare themselves more accurately to other “like” organizations. Learn about volume data and how it can be used to help...
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Navigating Enrollment Requirements of a Group Merger with CredentialMyDoc
After merging with two other organizations, Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics needed to find a way for all three divisions to work together seamlessly, without impacting patient care....
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What Today’s Provider Enrollment Professionals Are Saying About Provider Data Management
Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) throughout the country agree their jobs require a lot of diligence, attention to detail, and patience. At VerityStream, we’re on a mission to...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Strategies for Adopting the Recent Joint Commission Appointment Period Change
Learn about The Joint Commission's changing requirements and what they mean for Medical Service Professionals....
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Your Top 5 Privileging Questions Answered: Requirements, Procedures, and More
Privileging involves requirements amongst providers and health systems and involves defined medical staff policies and procedures. VerityStream answers the top questions to come...
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Physician Burnout and Provider Competency Management Can be Fixed by CredentialStream
80% of providers are dissatisfied with their healthcare organizations credentialing process. CredentialStream is here to fix that....
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Top Three Challenges for Today’s Health Plans and How Network by VerityStream Tackles Them
Managing a health insurance plan today is riddled with challenges. Read on to learn about the top three challenges for today’s health plans and how Network can help tackle them....
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Providing Exceptional Healthcare For The Local Community
CredentialStream has enabled Garnet Health to standardize their privileging and data management....
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How Enrollment Can Make or Break Your Financial Outcomes
Discover how staffing levels, and claims, including holds and write-offs, are impacted throughout the industry, either by the pandemic, payers, staffing, or others....
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The Privileging Puzzle: Requirements for Providers and Organizations
Together, privileging and credentialing ensure patients have access to safe and reliable care. Learn more about the documentation required and how it works together to showcase a...
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Life Amid COVID: Physician and Medical Staff Leadership in Hospitals and Credentialing
Physicians were tested to the limit during the peak months of COVID and had to assume many specific responsibilities to ensure patients got adequate care. For many, the tiresome...
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OrthoLoneStar’s Seamless Migration from EchoCredentialing
While merging six group practices, OrthoLoneStar needed a more streamlined solution for credentialing and enrollment, so they chose CredentialStream...
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The Importance of Data Governance for Effective Patient Care
Implementing data governance gives the healthcare industry access to analytics which help providers provide the best possible care to their patients....
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8 Best Practices for Successful Case Review
Healthcare organizations juggle a variety of priorities, but the one of most important is patient safety. There are many ways to ensure physicians are performing to the best of...
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UNC Health’s Journey to Standardize Privileging
With CredentialStream, UNC Health was able to upgrade their privileging process to fully maximize technology....
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What Today’s Provider Enrollment Experts are Saying About the No Surprises Act
This year’s annual report survey on provider enrollment dives into Financial Outcomes and Implications, Business Services and Operations, and Provider Data Management. In this post...
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Privileging 101 - How Organized Privilege Delineation Supports Patient Safety
Privilege delineation is essential in assuring quality care and minimizing the liability exposure of an institution and its staff. Get our pro tips on what’s required and best...
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Benefits of Ongoing or Periodic Professional Practice Evaluation Throughout a Healthcare Organization
Leverage Periodic Practice Evaluation (PPE) programs to improve individual provider performance and organizational quality....
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Life Amid COVID: Vaccinations
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has prompted health facilities to impose very specific requirements for staff, most of whom are in compliance....
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Privileging 101 - Navigating the Regulatory and Legal Aspects of Privileging
Learn to differentiate credentialing and privileging and get an overview of the many accreditation bodies and their privileging standards....
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Product Insight Webinar
Tackle Top Health Plan Challenges with Network by VerityStream
Streamline provider management processes to efficiently optimize health plans with Network...
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Overcoming Medical Group Turnover with a Solid Credentialing and Enrollment Process and Supporting Software
Turnover is expected in any industry, but within the healthcare industry, it can be tough to manage. Learn how the right tool, like CredentialMyDoc, can foster business continuity...
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Privileging 101 - Introduction to Privileges: Back to Basics - Physicians
Our Privileging 101 Series covers it all, from basic education on the history and fundamentals of clinical privileging to how to navigate all the regulatory and legal aspects...
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Annual Report
2022 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
Every year, VerityStream surveys hundreds of provider enrollment professionals to learn more about their processes, progress and priorities. There is no question, today’s...
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Client Insight Webinar
Navigating Enrollment Requirements of a Group Merger with CredentialMyDoc
Medical group practice mergers and acquisitions are at a record high and show no signs of slowing down. Proper preparation and planning are a must for credentialing and enrollment...
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Client Insight Webinar
Swimming Upstream with CredentialStream as a Guide, the Garnet Health Journey
For many Medical Services Professionals (MSPs), the unpredictable nature of working in healthcare can result in feeling disorganized, but with the right tools and processes this...
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Life Amid COVID: Efficiency Impacts on Provider Enrollment and Credentialing
The shift to remote work in the worst times of COVID forced quick adaptation to new processes, from a technological and employee management perspective....
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Health Systems Face Many Challenges Offering Health Plans, CredentialStream and Network Can Help
Health systems with health plans are becoming more popular, but with this trend come a variety of challenges. Learn how the right technology can be leveraged to address the most...
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An All-Encompassing Solution for Adamas Healthcare Consulting
CredentialMyDoc's customization capabilities, among other features, allowed for Adamas to implement and manage their processes in a secure and timely manner. They were provided...
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Industry Insight Webinar
2022 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
Every year, VerityStream surveys hundreds of provider enrollment professionals to learn more about their processes, progress and priorities. There is no question, today's...
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Life Amid COVID: Virtual Conferences
Due to the spread of COVID, many organizations have utilized virtual conferences instead of being in-person. Learn how an industry expert navigated this challenge to create...
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When and How Should Case Logs be Used to Document Competency
Some hospitals and health systems require documentation of a certain number of admissions or consultations prior to granting privileges. Discover when and how case logs should be...
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Inaccurate Directories Need Not Continue to Plague the Health Care System
Flawed directories are infuriating to consumers to say the least. But they are also dangerous as they impede a patient’s ability to get care. And, they signal that health insurers...
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Keys to a Successful Privileging Project
Privileging projects are tricky, but they’re essential. Standardizing privileges ensures you have consistent criteria for privileges across a health system and equips you to...
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Understanding Medical Staff to Provider Ratios
Understanding the medical staff to provider ratio continues to be an trending topic within the industry. We dive into what variables and factors determine and influence these...
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Network Q&A with Anitha McNeilly
As health plan responsibilities continue to increase around managing physician networks and payer credentialing processes, automating the process is more important than ever. ...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Overcoming Turnover in Your Medical Group with Complete Provider Credentialing and Enrollment
Turnover is a burden that results in rehiring and time expenses, added pressure on remaining staff, and reduced employee morale. In fact, losing even just one employee has...
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Q&A: Credentialing and Enrollment Solutions for Small Medical Groups
Today’s medical groups are under immense pressure to do more with less. This is especially true for those responsible for credentialing and enrollment. If your medical group is...
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Best Practices for Multi-State License Verification
Things can be a little confusing when it comes to multi-state license verification, as many hospitals utilize different databases in lieu of querying each individual state...
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How to Make Meaningful Changes from Medical Staff Credentialing Survey Reports
After analyzing results from our latest Annual Report, we identify how the industry can continue to adapt in order to embrace industry trends and best practices....
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Life Amid COVID: Capitalizing on the Benefits of Virtual Surveys
Pivoting to virtual platforms to conduct surveys has revealed surprising security and functional benefits that have been utilized to make processes more efficient than before the...
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Employee Spotlight on Roger Mata
Roger Mata discusses his journey with VerityStream as well as the culture amongst the community that enables all employees to thrive....
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Answers to Top Credentialing Questions on Sharing Provider Data Across a Health System
Many organizations create centralized data repositories for provider data, or a single source of truth, to help them manage providers that practice at multiple locations. Whether...
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Client Insight Webinar
How UNC Health Care System Automated and Accelerated their Privileging and How You Can, Too
UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit medical system owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the University of North Carolina at...
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Requirements for the Ongoing Monitoring Process of Credentialing
Everything you need to know about various Accreditors and Regulatory Agencies and the types of credentialing elements that may require ongoing monitoring....
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Annual Report
2022 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
The 2022 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing provides an updated insight into the ever-changing industry....
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Vicki Searcy's Final Thoughts on Medical Staff Services and Healthcare Opportunities
Vicki Searcy opens up about her journey to becoming an expert in credentialing and privileging services and how it relates to the future of the healthcare industry....
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Understanding Advanced Practice Providers and their Medical Privileging Processes
Advanced Practice Providers are members and non-members of a medical staff who are granted privileges. CredentialStream includes everything needed to request, gather, and validate...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Privileging 101 - Bonus Q&A Session
A bonus question and answer session with VerityStream's team of privileging experts....
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Life Amid COVID: Payer Delegation
Working remotely has been an accommodation that many have struggled with. Online auditing and credentialing must be monitored closely for privacy security and compliance with NCQA...
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Your Guide to Mastering Professional and/or Peer References
Credentialing providers involves evaluating professional and peer references, which must be obtained from a suitable source to be effective....
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Life Amid COVID: How Managing Staff Has Changed
Transitions to remote work in response to COVID have been far from seamless. Hear from a medical staff services manager's perspective on managing remote CVO teams....
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Privileging 101 - Introduction to Privileges: Part 5 - The Privileging Puzzle
This fifth and final session of this series will demonstrate how the numerous pieces of documentation submitted and obtained during the credentialing and privileging process fit...
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Industry Insight Webinar
2022 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
Advancements in technology are driving automation that not only improve credentialing processes but provide environmentally safe solutions....
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OneClick CVO Q&A with Anitha McNeilly: CredentialStream’s New OnDemand Credentials Verification
The new OneClick CVO selects providers efficiently and sends their files to VerityStream CVO to support the initial and/or re-credentialing process....
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Industry Insight Webinar
Privileging 101 - Navigating the Regulatory and Legal Aspects of Privileging
This third session of the 5-part series will review the basic aspects of credentialing and privileging processes to include an comprehensive overview of the applicable Centers for...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Privileging 101 - Introduction to Privileges: Part 4 - Anatomy of a Privilege Delineation
This fourth session of the 5-part series will delve deeper into the description and illustration of the various components of a privilege delineation to include the development of...
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Sneak Peek of the 2022 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
Recent trends have resulted in more health systems using CVOs for provider credentialing. Read about the extensive benefits that CVOs provide for organizations....
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Need to Know Facts About Credentialing, Privileging, and Enrollment for FQHC Executive Leadership
If you’re a leader of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), it’s important to know the ins and out of the credentialing, privileging and enrollment requirements your...
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Privileging 101 - Back to Basics Part 2 - Advanced Practice Providers
This second session of the 5-part series will detail the educational paths followed by the various Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) from formal training and education to...
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From the Experts: Why Standardizing Privileges is Vital to your Medical Staff's Success
Standardizing privileges leads to decreased confusion, better-informed stakeholders, improved provider satisfaction, and faster privileging turn-around-times. This post summarizes...
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How to Maintain Compliance with the No Surprises Act Regulatory Requirements
The No Surprises Act requires health insurers and healthcare providers to work together to ensure consumers are informed and protected. This post covers the numerous compliance...
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The Essential Guide to Privileging
Find out how importance of privileging has evolved over the years and how it's currently used to enable qualified providers to care for patients....
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Industry Insight Webinar
Privileging 101 - Introduction to Privileges: Back to Basics - Physicians
This first session of the 5-part series will provide an in-depth overview of the history of how privileging began and detail the progression of a physician's training from medical...
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Employee Spotlight on Bernard Julve
Bernard Julve explains how he's come to lead VerityStream's software development team and highlights the importance of open culture and responsibility within the work environment....
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Life Amid COVID - Medical Staff Hiring
The pandemic has had a drastic impact on staffing and hiring practices for every organization. Find out how Sentara has optimized their Human Resources department to adapt to life...
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Credentialing Residents and Fellows
To remain in compliance, our industry experts explain the definitions and credentialing requirements set by the Joint Commission for organizations that teach residents and fellows....
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Don’t Let the No Surprises Act Catch You Off Guard
Whether you’re a health plan, offer an internal health plan, or contribute information to a health plan, you should know about the latest updates to The No Surprises Act....
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Industry Insight Webinar
What FQHC Executive Leadership Should Know About Credentialing, Privileging, and Enrollment
As the leader of an FQHC in the midst of unprecedented changes and demand, it’s important that your organization finds ways to improve the processes that impact your revenue most,...
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Provider Validate by VerityStream Supports the Transfer of Provider Data to Aid in Improving the Quality of Patient Care
Provider Validate, available in the App Orchard, allows Epic users to add external referring providers to their master provider database - directly from Hyperspace....
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Life Amid COVID - Adapting to Permanent Changes in Committee Meetings
COVID may not yet be over, but electronic meetings are here to stay! Ann Klinger from OHSU speaks to her experience transitioning to electronic committee management and how this...
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8 Things You Can Do to Ensure a Smooth Rollout of a New Credentialing Solution
If you’re looking to implement a new credentialing solution, follow these 8 tips to get the job done right....
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Industry Insight Webinar
Don’t Let the No Surprises Act Catch You Off Guard
If you’re a health plan, have internal health plans, or contribute provider information to a health plan, there are 4 new compliance tasks that went into effect on January 1, 2022...
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On the Road to Success - Powerful Traits to Cultivate
Begin 2022 with a plan for success. Here are 6 traits to cultivate to be a successful in any profession, but especially relevant for credentialing and enrollment professionals....
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White Paper
Increased Regulations Drive the Need for Standardized Data and Automation
Is your organization prepared for new and upcoming regulatory changes? Learn how your organization can stay ahead of the curve and maintain top notch compliance in the healthcare...
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The Urgency for Accurate Execution Amongst Medical Service Professionals
Medical Service Professionals (MSPs) perform credentialing along with many other evolving services, and the credentialing process is extremely stringent in terms of the privacy and...
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Privileging Projects Require a Phased Approach: Follow these Fours Steps to Project Success
Privileging projects take time, are complicated, and require the utmost attention. A phased approach, as outlined in this post, is key to success....
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Are You a Trusted Advisor?
Trust is rarely given freely, it must be earned. Leaders have an even greater responsibility to cultivate trust with their team in order to effectively lead. Vicki Searcy breaks...
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Automate Your Workflows and Reports with CredentialStream
Standardizing recurring processes, such as workflows and reporting, is a good way to jumpstart efficacy and create a single source of truth for your data....
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Why Delegated Credentialing Reduces the Time it Takes to Enroll a Provider
The results of our 2021 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment proves that medical professionals want to reduce the time it takes to enroll a provider. Discover how delegated...
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How Medical Staff Professionals can be Facilitators
Facilitator skills may be the most underrated but versatile skill a medical staff service professional can cultivate. emPOWER your career even further with insights from Jackie...
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The Importance of Integrating your Provider Enrollment Processes
The provider enrollment industry is always in motion, and this year is no different. Dive into the results of our 2021 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment for key insights on...
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Top Reasons to Celebrate MSP Week
We would like to wish you a very happy Medical Services Professionals Week and share with you 5 top reasons to celebrate this week! MSPs are the gatekeepers of patient safety and...
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Dedicated to the Work of Health and Healing at Sanford Health
The automation is really encouraging. We are especially excited about the reporting capabilities. We no longer have to build Excel spreadsheets and manually filter things out or...
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A Day in the Life of a Medical Staff Credentialing Professional
The number of Medical Staff Credentialing Professionals increases every day. Here’s a quick a look at their daily roles and responsibilities....
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emPOWER your Analytical Skills in the Medical Staff Office
Analytical skills are essential for effective credentialing, enrollment, privileging, and evaluation of providers. Are you ready to level up your skills as a medical staff services...
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Employee Spotlight on Gabe Glimps
Learn about how our interns transform into full-time employees in this employee spotlight on Gabe Glimps!...
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Annual Report
2021 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
One of the biggest challenges provider enrollment professionals face is "How do I reduce the time it takes to enroll my providers?" VerityStream surveyed more than 450...
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How Procrastination Can Impact Your Goals
One of the things that we all have in common is 24 hours a day. How we spend the work hours of each day has a huge impact on how we feel about our jobs and the projects that we...
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Everything You Need to Know about Payer Contracts and Provider Verification
Payer Contracts are a vital part of the healthcare system. They define and explain a provider’s reimbursement arrangement for delivering healthcare services within individual...
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Medical Services Professions Speak About Physician Leadership
Are you looking to move into a leadership role in the medical staff office? Dive into the top ten recommendations from medical staff leaders on what it takes to be a successful...
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Industry Insight Webinar
2021 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
Every year, VerityStream, a leading provider of Credentialing, Enrollment, Privileging, and Evaluation solutions, surveys hundreds of provider enrollment professionals to learn...
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Leadership and Professional Opportunity from Public Speaking
Cheryl Cisneros speaks on public speaking and leadership opportunity that knocks open the door for professional growth. Cheryl sits down with Renee Dengler and Kris Bigelow for...
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Employee Spotlight on Tiffany Belk
Introducing a very important team member, Tiffany Belk, a Regional Manager, Implementations at VerityStream. She started as a Client and now works for VerityStream. Learn more...
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Understanding Primary Source Verification
Primary Source Verification (PSV) is an integral part of the credentialing process. Learn about what is PSV, how it is performed, and the regulatory requirements involved. ...
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The Evolution of Privileging
Privileging has certainly evolved over the last 35 years. Our expert, Vicki Searcy, elaborates on how you and your organization will benefit from the privileging tools that are now...
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Understanding the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
The need to ensure patient safety has always been a top priority, in fact, it’s the main reason the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was created in the first place. So, why...
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Employee Spotlight: Pinal Vaghasiya, Software Developer
Pinal Vaghasiya started at VerityStream as a Software Developer under Bolt Team . Learn more about Pinal's great experience over the past few years of working for VerityStream and...
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Fundamental Interpersonal Skills Critical for Successful Workplace Leadership
In this emPOWER series issue, Dwaina C. Humphries shares information and interpersonal skills- and interviews from someone who excels in using those skills. I think that we can all...
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Empowering Providers in their Careers Improves Provider Satisfaction and Patient Care
Burn out and mental stress is leading to a shortage in providers across the U.S. In order to fight this pandemic we must look to empowering our providers and supporting them in...
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Everything You Need to Know About Delegated Credentialing
As health systems grow larger, more and more of them are adopting Delegated Credentialing. In this post we cover what Delegated Credentialing is, what it requires, and what it...
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Getting Ready to Start a Project? A Key First Step
After over a year of dealing with the impact of a pandemic do you find it hard to decide when the time is right for a project? VerityStream helps you decipher the quality steps of...
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The Impact of Working Remotely on Medical Staff Professionals
The pandemic forced all of us to adapt in extreme ways. The most notable? The explosion of remote work. Check out this post to see how Medical Staff Professionals (MSPs) handled...
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Professionalism: How to Use it and How it Will Better the Healthcare Workplace
Communication is so important in today's culture and often misread, misinterpreted, and misunderstood. Katie Fox breaks down how to be professional in your workplace with...
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Medical Staff Bylaws Impact on Staff Structure and Credentialing Committees
Every hospital is governed by medical staff bylaws specific to their organization. These bylaws dictate a variety of things, like how a medical staff structure is organized and...
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Are Pre-Applications Necessary to Include in the Privileging Process?
New provider applicant already feel that the credentialing process is time-consuming, repetitive, and difficult. Here is why your organization should rethink pre-applications...
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How Medical Staff Professionals Have Used Centralization and Standardization to Improve Processes
Medical staff services teams have made considerable advances implementing standardization, centralization, and process improvements within their organizations. See how far we have...
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The Importance of Communication within the Medical Staff Office
We spend our lifetimes communicating – at work, with family and friends, in daily interactions with a multitude of individuals. Vicki Searcy breaks down different types of...
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2021 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing: 5 Top Trends
Every year VerityStream conducts a Medical Staff Credentialing survey to get a pulse on the trends that will help you better evaluate and manage your credentialing operations....
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Legacy Credentialing Software: How CredentialStream Got Its Start
The beauty of technology lies in the fact that it is always improving and evolving, and that’s no different when it comes to credentialing software. Learn how our credentialing...
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Clinical Privileging Projects – Is There an "Easy" Button?
Even though standardizing privileges is not easy, it is well worth the effort. Vicki Searcy breaks down the success factors your team needs to take into account when approaching...
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Infographic
The State of the Industry: Medical Staff Credentialing
Get the latest trends and state of the credentialing industry to keep your healthcare organization competitive, efficient, and productive....
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Regulatory, Accreditation, and Certification Insight for Your Healthcare Organization
Keeping up with compliance, regulation, accreditation, and certification is complicated business for today’s healthcare organizations. Check out this rundown on the Federal and...
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Annual Report
2021 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
COVID has changed the credentialing and privileging industry. Our report details the shifts, trends, and key insights learned during 2021....
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emPOWER your Medical Staff Office with Critical Thinking Skills
In this emPOWER issue, Lisa Rothmuller writes about the importance of critical thinking skills for Medical Services Professionals. What does critical thinking skills mean when it...
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Top 5 Reasons to Outsource Your Credentialing
As today’s hospitals and health systems continue to face shrinking budgets, pressure to speed up the revenue cycle, and credentialing demands that far exceed their in-house...
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Where the Credentialing Industry Stands on Blockchain, Telehealth, and other Verification Requests
A quick pulse check on the credentialing industry and how healthcare organizations are approaching blockchain, telehealth providers, board certification verifications, and more....
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Industry Insight Webinar
2021 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
We believe that our experience during the 2020 pandemic will forever change the way credentialing departments and medical staff offices function, and our survey findings support...
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How to Manage Locum Tenens Privileging when Disaster Strikes
Here’s what you need to know about building a Disaster Privileging and Locum Tenens process before disaster strikes....
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Credentialing Automation is Driving a Demand for a New Skill: Technical Mindset
Having a technical mindset is critical to success in medical staff services. This emPOWER series blog post dives into detail why this new skill is a game changer in the age of...
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Key Policy Recommendations for Collecting Professional References as Part of Your Credentialing Process
References for credentialing purposes can help you collect the information you need to hire competent and qualified candidates. Read on for our top recommendations for building an...
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With more and more credentialing paperwork being electronically managed, electronic credentials-related meetings are becoming the new norm. Here’s what you need to know about...
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Spotlight on: Heidi M. Thompson, MBA, CPMSM, CPCS, FMSP
An exclusive interview with Heidi Thompson as she tells us of her accomplishments within the medical staff office and within her organization, St. Luke's. Heidi is an outstanding...
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Top 10 Things to Consider when Telestaffing a CVO
The way we hire and manage people has changed. Dive into the basics of telestaffing and what you need to know to build a successful remote workforce....
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As part of our emPOWER series, we present to you best practices to managing your time effectively so that you can get more credentialing tasks done while maintaining a good...
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Successful CVO Managers Do These Seven Things
Amanda Walker, CVO Manager at Legacy Health, weighs in on what it takes to launch a successful CVO within a health system....
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Highlights from the National Credentialing Forum
As a consultant with VerityStream since 2015 and a valued subject matter expert in payer enrollment, Cheryl Cisneros presents her notes on the 2021 National Credentialing Forum....
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How to be Successful in Medical Staff Services (MSS): Advice from Industry Leaders
Here are 8 key skills every successful medical staff service leader has in their repertoire that enables them to inspire, thrive, and master the credentialing industry....
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Prioritize: The Secret Sauce to Becoming a Better Leader
All of us – no matter how much experience we have – can use reminders and reinforcement about basic skills that make us more effective. Prioritization is top of the list of for...
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Proctor Coordinators play a big role in ensuring patient safety. Standardizing medical staff processes by embracing technology is key to their success – get our top tips for going...
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Introducing our new blog post series - emPOWER! We are all about leveling up your skills in the Healthcare Industry. Our team of experts have come together to bring you inspiring,...
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Employee Spotlight on: Mendy Koscinski, MSHCA, RHIA, CPCS, CPMSM, CPHQ, CPHRM
We are pleased to introduce Mendy Koscinski who has been on both sides of the house, working for VerityStream and worked with us at her previous organization, INTEGRIS. It was...
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What You Should Know About Pending Claims and Their Impact on ROI
Pending claims can negatively impact more than your organization's bottom line. In this post, we’ll identify causes of pending claims and explore opportunities for improvement....
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Did You Know? VerityStream’s CVO Services Can Give You The Boost You Need In 2021
You can rely on VerityStream CVO to handle all your initial and re-credentialing files either in an overflow or full-service capacity. Our CVO provides a scope of services,...
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Cheers to Credentialing in 2021!
Bye bye 2020. We reflect on what we learned from this tumultuous year as we keep our sights on the future and a brighter new year. ...
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Spotlight on: Melissa Walters, MHA, FMSP, CPMSM, CPCS
Melissa Walters is a hard worker, determined and has great leadership skills that she has used in her positions as well as for the benefit of NAMSS. She is a great example of...
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Employee Spotlight on Carolyn Stroud
Exciting beginnings at VerityStream can lead to fruitful careers. Check out Carolyn's story of how she started and where she is going with us!...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Learning From Those Who Have Focused in a Specialty of Medical Staff Services (MSS)
Industry experts from St. Luke’s Health System, MedStar Health, Wellstar Health, and Legacy Health share insight into their career trajectories and how they obtained the skills...
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Provider Data Management - "The Source of Truth"
Did you know provider data management can have a major impact on revenue? Without a source of truth, many organizations are leaving themselves open to claim denials or slow...
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Centralizing Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Functions
When your credentialing and provider enrollment functions do not align, duplicate work and the lack of automation possibilities is rampant. Learn from the experts the benefits and...
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Article Interview
Why Future Proofing Your Credentialing Should be Your Top Initiative Right Now
COVID-19 has disrupted healthcare organizations dramatically and led to a $50B a month loss in revenue. We interviewed Chris Gann, AVP of Product at VerityStream, to learn how we...
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A Health System's Journey to Future-proofing Credentialing and Privileging
When the need to upgrade credentialing and privileging processes and grow a true CVO arose, the organization understood evaluating and pursuing new technology would be key to this...
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Let’s Celebrate…National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week
As the year closes it is time to reflect on all your hard work and great accomplishments as Medical Services Professionals. It is also a time to plan and future proof your...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Accreditation Standards & Credentialing Requirements for Radiology & Imaging Care
In order to receive reimbursement from Medicare and other payers, today’s radiology practices and imaging care centers must be accredited by a designated accrediting organization....
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Annual Report
2020 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
This report represents 563 responses of individuals involved in provider enrollment who provided information that is valuable to the healthcare industry....
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Live from NAMSS2020
For the first time ever, NAMSS was held entirely virtually with vendors and attendees alike joining in and connecting online. It was quite an experience and we would like to share...
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Employee Spotlight on Lisa Rothmuller, CPCS
Lisa Rothmuller has been with VerityStream from the beginning and has climbed that ladder to achieve leadership status. We are proud to share her story and her accomplishments...
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In the face of a pandemic, it is pretty clear that everyone's facing a workforce challenge. This is why credentialing, privileging, and onboarding providers as rapidly as possible...
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Industry Insight Webinar
2020 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment: The State of the Industry and What’s Ahead
Every year, VerityStream, a leading provider of credentialing, enrollment, and privileging solutions for US healthcare organizations, conducts a survey to 500+ individuals involved...
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Get a Grip on Your Practice
You cannot track a high volume of credentialing with Excel, you lose a lot of footwork and data!...
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The Financial Implications of Provider Data Management
Organizations have incurred significant costs due to flawed Provider Data Management. See how industry-wide standardization can save $2.26 Billion annually. ...
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Verification of Healthcare Affiliations — Is There a "Best Practice" Today?
Guidelines and recommendations on what to provide, verify, and perhaps omit when it comes to provider affiliation verifications. More isn't always best....
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The Future is Now: Privileging Telehealth Providers
Privileging Telehealth Providers is a complex process, check out this comprehensive guide to ensure you have all the information you need for success. ...
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White Paper
Privileging Telehealth Providers
Although telehealth is brimming with benefits, there are several issues involved with delivering it that need attention and clarification. Our white paper dives into these issues...
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The Impact of Technology and COVID-19 on Credentialing and Medical Services
Discover how technological advancements have changed credentialing and privileging in the Medical Services field, and how you can stay ahead of the curve. ...
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The World of Credentialing and Medical Services Over the Past 50 Years
From the days of Medical Staff Secretaries to today’s booming technology scene, this post dives into the world of credentialing and medical services over the past 50 years....
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Spotlight on: Tameka S. O’Neal
We are impressed with Tameka O'Neal's knowledge and ability to share her expertise with the individuals in the industry. From the perspective of a credentialing leader in the...
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White Paper
Facts all Urgent Care Clinics Need to Know to Keep Ahead of Their Competition
As more and more urgent care clinics enter the marketplace, competition is starting to heat up. Here are several ways your organization can remain at the forefront and be a leader...
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Should Providers Be Asked to Withdraw Requests for Privileges?
Explore situations where organizations would need to ask a provider to withdraw their request for privileges and how to manage those circumstances according to regulatory bodies. ...
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The Complexity of NCQA CVO Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Successful NCQA CVO certification involves understanding and advance preparation, especially for the virtual surveys necessitated by COVID-19. VerityStream experts and a client...
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Culture Change—How to Foster Agility
Healthcare has been hit particularly hard by change due to COVID-19, but by and large industry leaders have done an incredible job staying agile and keeping up. Here's a quick look...
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Provider-Centric Reappointment Dates
Imagine a reappointment process where a provider only has to complete one application and one privilege form for your entire multi-hospital health system. We dive in to how to make...
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Employee Spotlight on Nicole Antoniuk
Join us on Nicole Antoniuk's adventure with VerityStream and how she is bringing her energy to every aspect of the vStreamer experience....
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Full Circle of Care at Circle Health Services & The Centers for Families and Children
Moving quickly from a paper system to an electronic one while meeting regulation and compliance needs? CredentialStream meets and exceeds the credentialing needs, with a...
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Privileging can be complicated enough without having to also wonder which types of providers you should be privileging. We take a deeper look at Allied Health Professional and...
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From Spreadsheets to Automation... Ideal Option
When Ideal Option's previous credentialing solution couldn't handle their expanding needs, CredentialStream proved the ideal solution with a smooth implementation process....
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Industry Insight Webinar
The Financial Implications of Provider Data Management
Sorin Davis, Senior Vice President, Industry Relation, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH), and Cheryl Cisneros, Consultant Advisor, VerityStream, will discuss the...
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Benefits and Considerations for Electronic Credentialing
Review the seven benefits of paperless credentialing and privileging while keeping in mind key questions to ask before implementation....
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Industry Insight Webinar
The Impact of Technology, COVID-19, and Other Factors on Credentialing and Medical Services Professionals
An exciting discussion of where the medical services and credentialing profession is headed - and how to determine the best way to position yourself for success. ...
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What is the Difference between Proctoring and Precepting
An important distinction is knowing what and when to use Proctoring vs. Precepting when monitoring FPPE. This blog post describes the differences and the Joint Commission standards...
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CredentialStream enabled St. Peter's Health to streamline their privileging processes as well as accelerate the application process and onboard new physicians faster....
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Healthcare the way it should be… Vera Whole Health
A rapid growth spike and a need to streamline privileges encouraged Vera Whole Health to seek out a new credentialing solution....
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5 Common Process Variations in Centralized Verification Offices (CVOs)
Health System CVOs might offer the same services but you can’t analyze metrics without understanding how these five common processes can vary between organizations....
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Employee Spotlight on Joe Deedy
Joe Deedy has been climbing the VerityStream ladder since he was an intern, and is now a Regional Sales Director. Check out his career story at VerityStream....
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Spotlight on: Tunisia Bailey
When we heard Tunisia’s story of going from a manual to electronic process within the space of a few weeks at The Centers for Families and Children / Circle Health Service, I knew...
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Common Metrics in Centralized Verification Offices (CVOs)
The saying goes "if you’ve seen one CVO, you’ve seen one CVO". Even so there are common services provided by health system CVOs that we can look to for common metrics....
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The Unchanged Future of Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) - Part 2
While pandemics can have a lasting impression and influence on the future of healthcare, there is comfort in knowing some things, such as patient safety, will always be important...
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Financial Implications of Provider Enrollment During the COVID-19 National Emergency
This national emergency has dramatically altered credentialing and privileging processes. An important question on every MSP’s mind now is "how do we get paid"? This blog post...
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You Have Credentialing Pains. VerityStream has Solutions
Spikes in the number of physicians your hospital employs, overloaded staff, other credentialing pains plague your organization? We have solutions....
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The Future of Medical Services Professionals (MSPs)
Looking to the future of Medical Staff Services over the last 30 years. What led us to where we are today and what will continue to drive us onto new horizons....
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Annual Report
2020 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
43.4% of medical services professionals we surveyed have fully implemented a single online application for their entire organization. Learn more in VerityStream’s 2020 Annual...
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Introduction to Privileges: Understanding Privilege Form Components and Best Practices
Understand the importance and content of privilege forms as well as best practices related to organization and maintenance....
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Introduction to Privileges: Credentialing versus Privileging and CMS Requirements
A review of Privileging basics including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements....
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Industry Insight Webinar
How to Prepare for the NCQA CVO Certification Process Including Virtual Surveys
Whether you are a CVO that is considering becoming NCQA certified for the first time, or are working towards recertification, the preparation process can be a daunting one,...
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Industry Insight Webinar
A Spotlight on Culture Change and How to Foster Agility
VerityStream recently released its 2020 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing. Learn how industry leaders have faced the change brought on by the current crisis and their...
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Employee Spotlight on Jordan Hickle
VerityStream employees are proud to work in a variety of roles during their careers at VerityStream. Jordan Hickle especially enjoys the knowledge-sharing and comradery he...
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Spotlight on: Eloise Busha and Jennifer Kadis, RN, MSN
Lessons from Memorial Healthcare System's finest credentialing professionals, how they built their careers in the industry and advice they give to their profession on how to be...
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Industry Insight Webinar
The Urgent Need for Credentialing and Privileging Automation in Urgent Care Clinics
UCCs must ensure patients receive competent care at qualified facilities from capable caregivers, but credentialing and privileging providers and facilities is a time-consuming job...
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Why Automating Provider Procedure Data Collection Can Ensure Patient Safety
When the majority of hospitals are still electively performing high-risk procedures without the adequate ongoing experience to do so, how does this affect the granting of clinical...
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5 Lessons Learned from Successful CVOs
Understand key learnings of successful Central Verification Organizations (CVOs) ranging from services offered to operations....
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Credentialing In A Crisis: Business Continuation In The Time Of COVID-19
Working from home can make credentialing meetings and review processes very challenging. Here are some tips and advanced tricks from our experts on how to do electronic approvals...
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Sneak Peek: 2020 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
Our annual report is set to release in May 2020. Get a sneak peek preview of what our survey results reveal about medical staff credentialing trends....
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Industry Insight Webinar
2020 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
VerityStream recently surveyed 996 medical services professionals and outlined all we learned in our 2020 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing....
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Working from Home: Creating Success and Support for Credentialing Staff in a Remote Environment
Working remotely has become more standard in many professions. And during the COVID-19 national emergency, it became required for many. Credentialing and medical staff...
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Navigating the Complexities of Current Shifts in Disaster and Telehealth Privileging
The challenge will be not just to stand up a telehealth service, but to expand upon existing services and the rules around service deliverability. ...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Provider Enrollment and Financial Implications, Facts and Resources
This webinar will provide essential information to assist in navigating the challenges and enrollment implications in response to the COVID-19 disaster. ...
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Are You Using Technology Effectively?
Learn the six reasons you need to embrace and maximize technology supporting credentialing processes....
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Industry Insight Webinar
Privileging Telehealth Providers
As the U.S. healthcare systems braces for the expected surge of COVID-19 patients, the demand for telehealth services is greater than ever before. ...
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COVID-19 Quarantine - We are in this Together
All of us at VerityStream are proud to partner with Medical Staff Professionals and other healthcare organization leaders to provide the tools that are needed to streamline...
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Get the Facts about Express by VerityStream
Understand the subtle and transformational properties of Express by VerityStream and how it can help your medical group start saving time and money....
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Medical Staff Office Quarantine - What You Need to Know During the COVID-19 National Emergency
Providing care to patients and responding to the COVID19 pandemic is the focus of your staff and the entire healthcare system right now. VerityStream is here to support you in...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Conducting Virtual Credentialing Meetings and Electronic Approvals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A National Emergency has been declared for COVID-19. Your job is changing daily as are requirements from the federal government. ...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Tele-Staffing and Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Your job is changing daily as are requirements from the federal government. Have you suddenly been required to work from home? ...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Disaster and Telehealth Privileging During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A National Emergency has been declared for COVID-19. Your job is changing daily as are requirements from the federal government. ...
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Did You Prepare a Credentialing and Privileging Summary Report for 2019?
Our consulting team describe how to create effective credentialing summary reports and why they are so important, including why comparing actual performance can help you improve...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Automate Collection of Provider Procedure Data to Ensure Patient Safety
On March 31st at 1pm CST, VerityStream’s Vicki Searcy, Vice President of Consulting Services, and Sarah Cassidy, Solution Executive, will discuss a recently published industry...
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The ABCs of Credentialing and Life Support Certification
The ABCs of establishing and maintaining requirements for basic life support and successful credentialing of certifications....
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Guide
Top Reasons to Automate and Standardize Privileging with CredentialStream's Privilege Solution
Ready to be a privileging superstar? See how CredentialStream's Privilege solution can help you fortify patient care, satisfy providers, and comply with industry regulations....
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White Paper
Facts all Ambulatory Surgery Centers Need to Know About Privileging
Understand the facts and achieve clinical competency for Ambulatory Surgery Center credentialing and privileging, a vital pillar to patient safety and risk management. ...
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White Paper
Trends that Will Shape a New Decade in Healthcare
Fact or fad? Find out which trends will impact healthcare and provider management over the next decade and which will not in this new report....
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Are You Skillful at Project Management?
Discover the top 5 reasons projects fail within an organization and how you can learn from previous mistakes to ensure your projects do not meet the same end....
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Employee Spotlight on Manshi Nawab
From Technical Specialist to Director of Data Services, Manshi Nawab describes her career journey at VerityStream and what it is like to be a vStreamer. ...
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Top 9 Reasons Why Medical Groups Choose CredentialStream for Provider Enrollment
Enroll faster and get paid faster – with CredentialStream you can. Check out the top 9 reasons medical groups choose CredentialStream for provider enrollment....
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Is HealthCare Technology Innovation Risky?
Risk can be scary and intimidating, and new technology can always feel risky. But what do you lose by not innovating and implementing the latest trends?...
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Employee Spotlight: Baird Dillon, Customer Support Team Lead
We like to highlight individuals who are going places at VerityStream. Introducing Baird Dillon, our Customer Support Team Lead in Boulder! ...
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Review of Privileging Best Practices
Define your clinical privileges with best practices in mind. Here are 11 tips to organize and format your privileges with VerityStream best practices in mind....
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Introducing CredentialMyDoc, the newest member of the VerityStream Family
Adding CredentialMyDoc to VerityStream enables our clients and theirs to receive the benefits and network effects of a larger and more robust ecosystem. Clients of CredentialMyDoc...
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Credentialing in 2020 - Future Planning
Everything seems achievable when you start off a brand new year. Possibilities must abound – or we wouldn’t make New Year’s resolutions, and buy exercise equipment and join Weight...
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Spotlight on: Paige Martin
Learn about the impressive things Paige Martin is doing at Sentara Healthcare and part of the journey she has taken with Sentara to standardize privileging....
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Industry Insight Webinar
Establishing and Maintaining Requirements for Basic & Advanced Life Support Certification
Attend this session and learn about the alphabet soup of the various types of certifications (ALS, ACLS, ATLS, NPR, PALS to name a few)....
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Thankful for the Credentialing and Privileging Industry
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and it makes me start thinking of things that I'm thankful for. I have so many things to be thankful for personally - my family, a job that...
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Four Reasons to Become a Certified Medical Staff Professional
Learn from our experts why it is so important to become a certified provider credentialing specialist. Kay Lynn Akers, CPCS dives into the 4 driving factors and the benefits it can...
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White Paper
What Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) Should Know About Life Support Certification
How VerityStream and HealthStream connect resuscitation certifications, provider validation, privilege delineation, and the American Red Cross together to save lives and improve...
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Spotlight on: Emilia Webster, CPMSM, CPCS
Every health system should have a leader in provider relations just like Emilia Webster. VerityStream Consultant Renee Aird-Dengler interview with Emilia highlights the benefits of...
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Annual Report
2019 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment and Health Plan Credentialing
We present the results in our annual industry report, compare previous years’ data, and look ahead to the future of the provider enrollment industry...
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CMS Open Payments Database
Do you know which of your physicians have accepted pharmaceutical company payments? Use this infographic to make sure you are informed about CMS Open Payments....
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5 Things that Slow Down your Credentialing Process
Discover how you can expedite the credentialing process and ensure your providers are ready to go in record time...
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Annual Report
2019 Annual Report on Managing Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest (COI) continue to be a hot button issue for hospitals, physicians, the federal government, and the public at large. This annual report outlines 10 key...
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Passing the NAMSS CPCS® Exam
VerityStream Consultants recently took and passed the NAMSS CPCS examination and have achieved certification. Learn from their certification journey as we introduce 5 consultants...
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Dr. Death: What Lessons Can We Learn from the Tragic Events that Occurred in Texas
Neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Duntsch left a disastrous trail of maimed patients in Texas and is now imprisoned for aggravated assault. Could these deaths and injuries have been...
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Top Ten Privileging Mistakes
Discover the top ten most frequently experienced privileging mistakes that plague various organizations today and the recommendations on how to avoid them....
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Industry Insight Webinar
The Importance of Data Accuracy for Directories and Outbound Reports
Data accuracy has never been more critical as federal and state regulation become more stringent and require organizations to become more cognizant of directory data. VerityStream...
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Credentialing for Ambulatory Surgery Centers - What You Need to Know
An excellent approach to clinical privileging is one of the most critical components of your organization’s quality program. But privileging can be challenging at a busy ambulatory...
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Product Insight Webinar
Automate Privileging for Your Surgery Center
Take the burden off your staff and ensure compliance with government regulations by leveraging the most comprehensive library of evidence-based privilege delineation forms and more...
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Time Management, Prioritization, and the Power of Saying No
We are two-thirds the way through 2019 and still so much to do. Is it hard to stay focused and is it clear what projects matter most? Vicki Searcy explains in this post the power...
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Don't Be in Denial: Five Key Things to Know About Credentialing and Participation
In healthcare credentialing, there’s confusion about what it means to be a “participating” provider, which is key to avoiding claim denials. Here are five strategies to help get to...
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New Credentialing Staff - What Qualifications Are Important?
Building a solid credentialing staff can be challenging, especially when the right resources are not available to you. How can you cultivate your existing staff to become stellar...
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2019 Emerging Healthcare Industry Trends You Should Know
A massive shift to hospital-employed providers, a significant growth in the number of non-physician providers, and a brewing war for talent are just a few trends hospital and...
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3 Things You Should Know About VerityStream
Time is a funny thing. Sometimes a single day seems to last an eternity but a year can pass by in a flash. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 18 months since we merged Echo, a...
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Integrating Centralized Credentialing Services and Provider Enrollment
Legacy Health’s Amy Lyons and Amanda Walker share their journey of integrating their centralized credentialing services and provider enrollment. Learn more about their process...
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Role of the MSP vs. Physician Leaders
These days, red sticky notes have been replaced by electronic communication about credentialing red flags. Having an electronic file to review allows physician leaders to evaluate...
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Putting Your Credentialing on a Diet: How to Effectively Eliminate Non-Value-Added Verifications
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System shares their experience eliminating non-value-added verifications from their credentialing process, including: licensed...
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Annual Report
2019 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
This report identifies highly important initiatives are process improvement, provider data management, standardizing privileges, implementing online provider applications, and the...
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Five Reasons to Obtain the 2019 Medical Staff Credentialing Report
Where does your organization stand within the credentialing industry? Are you on par with most organizations or are you leading the pack? Here are 5 reasons to download our report...
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ROI: Demonstrating the Value of Excellent Credentialing and Privileging
Understand the three steps to demonstrating return on investment for new credentialing and privileging initiatives plus how Verity can help you get there....
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Industry Report on Privileging Telehealth Providers
Privileging telehealth providers is a growing issue for many health systems, hospitals – and the individuals who perform the credentialing. This report identifies how organizations...
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Bust Through Barriers to Paperless Privileging with 3 Key Benefits!
Focus on the benefits of paperless privileging and overcome barriers to fully implementing a paper-free privilege process at your organization....
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Three Key Considerations for Transitioning To an Electronic Application
Use these tips in three key areas to aid in making the successful transition to an electronic provider application....
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Spotlight on: Barbara J. Ortolf, MHA, CPA, CPMSM, CPCS
Meet Barbara Ortolf and discover her unique view into the medical staff services/credentialing industry from many career pathways, but coming from an accounting background....
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Privileging Telehealth Providers
Healthcare organizations in the digital age are taking on more and more telehealth providers but the question is, how is the credentialing and privileging industry adapting to this...
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Tackling Widespread Credentialing Industry Challenges
Health care organizations are looking for information when tackling industry challenges. But where do you start? Here are four tips on finding informative resources....
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Do You Have a Transition Plan for Your Health System or Medical Group?
Credentialing and enrollment leadership changes are going to occur at some point. Learn why it is important to start planning for transitions early....
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Examine Your Credentialing Program
Where do we draw the line with embracing the future and streamlining our credentialing processes while also balancing the need to maintain stringent rules to protect your patients...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Dr. Death: What Lessons Can We Learn From The Tragic Events that Occurred in Texas?
In 2017, Christopher Duntsch, aka, Dr. Death, a neurosurgeon practicing in Texas, received a precedent-setting life sentence in prison for malpractice. Leaving a trail of over 30...
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Four Tips to Meet the Start Date Challenge with Payer Enrollment
Find out how data, delegated credentialing, collaboration and flexibility will aid you in enrolling to meet provider start dates for maximum reimbursement and minimal claims holds....
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Change – Is It A Bad Word?
Change is one thing we can count on in life. Learn how taking action can bring positive change to your medical staff services team and organization....
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Overwhelmed? Prioritize – Your Key to Success!
There are only 24 hours in the day, and no time machine (yet?) to give you more time in the day. With all of the credentialing committee meetings, applications to follow up on,...
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Prioritization: the Power Tool of Skills
We all experience times when there’s more on our plate than we have hours for in the day. These five prioritization tips will help you spend those hours on what matters most....
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You Deserve Better: Where to Begin When Considering a Fresh Start for Your Credentialing Process
The industry is making some progress on establishing benchmarks. If you’re looking to build a case for freshening up your credentialing, privileging, and enrollment processes, here...
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We have the most comprehensive list of policy changes and updates that were announced or highlighted at the 2019 CMS Conference. Topics include PECOS 2.0 release, independent...
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Data Consolidation Creates a Single Source of Truth for Provider Data
Find out how to assemble the right team, the right approach, and acquire the right tools to discover your single source of truth. ...
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Are You Fatigued by Your Credentialing and Privileging Processes?
Is fatigue affecting your credentialing turnaround time? Are you looking for a way to improve your processes without adding more FTEs? Here are 3 ways your Medical Staff Office can...
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Your Hospital Can’t Afford NOT to Invest in a Credentialing Solution
Here is why your healthcare organization must consider a credentialing solution or risk lost revenue. ...
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"CredentialStream, how can I automate my medical staff office?" CredentialStream: Here are some tips I found on how to move from manual processes to automation....
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10 Tips for Choosing the Right Credentialing Solution
Can you get the most out of your credentialing vendor? We created a list of the top 10 questions about the credentialing solution selection process....
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Don’t Be in Denial! Five Key Things to Know About Credentialing and Participation
Don’t be in denial! Protect your practice and your bottom line by learning all you can about credentialing and participation pitfalls, how to identify and avoid them and what you...
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Spotlight on: Renee Zimmerman, RN, MSN, MBA, CPMSM, CPCS
Renee Zimmerman is a super star who works in credentialing and/or payer enrollment work space. This spotlight is intended to highlight her achievements during her career and her...
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The seemingly constant barrage of new technology, products, and services available for your organization can be overwhelming. What features for credentialing services are best? How...
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There are many reasons to standardize privileges across medical staffs—improved program management, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, alignment with contemporary...
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What Does It Mean To Be The Source Of Truth?
Answer these five important questions before declaring your system as the organization’s source of truth for provider data....
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Clear Meeting Clutter
Clutter can contribute to higher anxiety levels in individuals, whether at home or at the office. This is also the case for your Credentialing Committee meetings. Consider clearing...
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What Do Technology, Staffing Shortages, and CMS Have In Common?
Looking ahead at 2019, HealthStream’s Robin Rose turns our attention to the top trends that could significantly alter the healthcare industry as we know it. This is the second post...
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Get Your Head in the Clouds
Explore how to enhance and improve provider credentialing and enrollment with a cloud-based solution that doesn't require your IT for updates....
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Monitoring for provider sanctions and exclusions are one of the most impactful processes on a medical practice's health. Rules and regulation are not going away and staying on top...
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Provider onboarding, enrollment and verification are vital processes and are a necessary part of the practice’s business operations. They should be simple, easy, and organic to...
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Spotlight on: Leslie Cox, BS, MHA, CPMSM, CPCS
Leslie Cox is the Senior Director, CVO at Banner Health and our spotlight on her reveals some great insights into running a successful CVO, including challenges and advice from...
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The Disrupters of the Healthcare Industry in 2019
HealthStream’s Robin Rose highlights the top trends that are driving transformation in healthcare....
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Waiting Too Long To Receive Provider Reference Feedback? Close This Credentialing Loop Faster!
Professional references can be time consuming and result in a lot of time wasted tracking down the peer and reminding them to complete that reference letter for the applicant....
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Client Insight Webinar
Standardizing Privileges in a Health System: What it Takes to be Successful
During this webinar, you will understand how INTEGRIS HEALTH was successful at standardizing privileges within their health system. ...
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The Importance of Scheduled Review for Specialty Privileges
Do you know what is in your privilege forms? Read more to learn why a schedule for reviewing privilege forms is necessary. ...
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It’s All About Metrics
Data has become essential for organizations to meet their business goals and improve their processes. Is your organization still wondering how long it takes to process new provider...
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What Is Ahead for Credentials Verification Organizations (CVOs)?
A look at the evolution of CVOs from their start to today’s state with critical questions to answer for the future....
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Spotlight on: Amy Lyons, MBA, CPCS, CPMSM
In 2018, we began a recurring series on individuals who are “super star” MSPs (Medical Services Professionals) or Enrollment Professionals. We all have a story about how we got...
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Turn Mistakes into Opportunities for Performance Improvement: FPPE Action Plans
Would you like to make it easier for your providers to have a clean slate in the new year and beyond? If you answered yes, continue reading to learn how to develop FPPE action...
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You’re Not Dreaming - Streamlined Referring Provider Validation is Here
VerityStream’s Referring Provider Validation Solution enables a hospital to establish a source of truth for referring providers, available as a stand-alone solution or as an...
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Employee Spotlight: Megan Mastriona, Client Executive
Meet Megan, Client Executive with VerityStream and learn about why she loves working at VerityStream. ...
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13 Smart Things Every Medical Staff Services Professional Should Know
How well we react to the changes in our worklife is an indicator of how effective we will be in our profession. Here are 13 smart things that every medical staff professional...
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Risky Business: How Strong Are Your Provider Validation and Monitoring Operations?
How to evaluate your verification and monitoring tactics to insure your medical group is providing the most comprehensive validation possible of your providers. Our experts point...
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Six Goals for Success in the New Year
Six ideas for goals to benefit you and your organization. Which one is your first priority?...
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Integrating Centralized Credentialing Services and Provider Enrollment
Legacy Health’s journey to centralized credentialing and provider enrollment and the many benefits that the organization has experienced as a result of the integration. ...
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Cloud Services for Provider Enrollment and Payer Credentialing Save Time, Money
No matter how robust your security setup is, chances are you're vulnerable to hacks, data breaches, and forces of nature. A loss of data is a huge financial risk that medical...
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We have learned so much, and with this time to reflect, we are thankful for all of you who are a part of the VerityStream community....
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How to Prepare for a CMS Online Directory Audit
Hot off the Press! CMS releases their annual audit results for online directories. Review the results for data collected from November 2017 to July 2018 and get informed to ensure...
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4 Tips for Accelerating Provider Enrollment
Hospitals and health systems looking to keep reimbursements from payers on track should consider implementing these helpful tips into their provider enrollment processes....
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Empowering Providers to ‘OWN’ their Credentialing Process
Understand tips and benefits of enabling providers to take a more ‘hands-on’ approach to their credentialing process. ...
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White Paper
6 Benefits of One Source of Truth for Provider Data for Credentialing and Enrollment and How to Get There
Consolidation creates a single source of truth for provider data, with one application and one reappointment date across all system facilities. A physician is in the system only...
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Provider Enrollment: Earning CIO Support on the March to Consolidation
When provider data reside in multiple databases and physical locations, health systems risk revenue loss, data inaccuracy, and provider frustration. At its heart, consolidation of...
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Enhance Staff Efficiencies with a Better Enrollment and Credentialing Process
Excessive paperwork, slow validation, and reimbursements in jeopardy are common occurrences in outdated verification and credentialing processes. Learn more about how pre-formatted...
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Is Your Organization Ready for Electronic Meetings?
Electronic meetings can be an incredibly efficient way to conduct healthcare/medical staff organization business. But the “devil” is in the details (as usual). There are many...
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Ongoing Monitoring of Your Providers and Staff - Compliance Made Easy
OIG oversight of HHS programs ensures integrity, effectiveness, and efficiency. This can also lead to recovery in billions of dollars in savings. However the time-consuming and...
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The cost of inefficient provider enrollment processes can be in the thousands of dollars, a detrimental number for medical groups. We break down the numbers in a concise...
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6 Credentialing Metrics to Standardize
Without industry standards on defining credentialing metrics, there is no way to benchmark your organization with others. Standardizing six metrics in your organization can help...
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National Association Medical Staff Services Awareness Week
It is NAMSS Week! This is the time to reflect on the medical services profession, and our collective accomplishments as well as our individual accomplishments....
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Can You Prepare a Cost Benefit Analysis?
If you have ever requested staff, equipment or other resources and been turned down maybe a cost-benefit analysis could have made the difference. Learn what it is what and what...
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Four Reasons Credentialing Remotely is a Win-Win
This is the first article in a series on remote working and shares four benefits to offering this work arrangement to credentialing staff....
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Learn why fostering engagement in your team is important and three tips on how to do it....
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5 Things You Need to Know Now About Provider Data, CAQH, and CAQH Enrollment and Integration
CAQH is helping drive the goal of reducing healthcare costs by streamlining the way provider data is maintained and improving credentialing and enrollment processes....
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The Definitive Guide to Delegated Credentialing
If you’re interested in shaving weeks off your provider enrollment process, delegated credentialing might be for you. This guide will explain all you need to know about delegated...
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How to Build a Case for Investing in a Medical Group Payer Credentialing Solution
Increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve business operations on your to do list? Here is a way to figure out which one will benefit your organization the most....
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The Perils of Not Having Automated Medical Group Provider Enrollment Software Technology
Are you overwhelmed by the plethora of software innovation options before you? Are you worried it is too much of an investment? Don't hesitate, the dangers of being a late adopter...
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Poor Provider Data Could Lead to a Clash with CAQH
Accurate provider data is one of the key drivers of credentialing, maintaining network provider directories, facilitating claims processes, and much more. This is also critical for...
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Terrifying Tales of Medical Group Provider Enrollment Gone Wrong
Short client stories describing enrollment challenges they faced that proved both costly in time and money....
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How to Turn Your Medical Group Provider Enrollment Nightmares into Dreams
Not all nightmares have bad endings. Discover how VerityStream transformed other organizations just like yours and the benefits they now reap....
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Approximately 200 organizations are currently recognized in credentialing by NCQA either as a certified CVO or under NCQA’s CR standards. Preparing for any type of...
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Benefits of Using the Cloud in Healthcare
Two-thirds of IT leaders from health systems, hospitals, and other large healthcare organizations reported that they currently utilize the cloud or cloud services at their...
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The benefits of delegated credentialing from a medical group practice’s perspective are many. First and foremost, with delegated credentialing you can eliminate weeks from the...
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Just because you use PECOS and enroll your providers electronically doesn't mean you shouldn't be vigilant of some key mistakes you could be making that could have an impact on...
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Live from Long Beach: The 42nd NAMSS Conference
Recap of the 42nd NAMSS Conference by former NAMSS President and CVO Symposium speaker, Vicki Searcy. ...
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What are the Industry Standards for Credential Verification Organization (CVO) in Health Systems?
CVOs across the country are collaborating in effort to identify standards and lead the industry....
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Industry Insight Webinar
Credentialing: An Industry of Change
How change has and is impacting the Credentialing industry. ...
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Your Prescription for Choosing the Right Credentialing Solution
Ready to tune up and speed up your payer credentialing process? Here are 10 questions to ask before you choose a solution....
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Eliminate Your PECOS Enrollment Headaches: How to Succeed with Medicare Enrollment the First Time
46.9% of credentialing professionals use PECOS for CMS enrollment. Save your organization and yourself time and effort by following these helpful tips to make your PECOS enrollment...
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How Would Your Organization Thwart A Physician Imposter?
Is your organization prepared to prevent a provider impersonator? Recent news reveals why policies should be reviewed and four ideas to consider....
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Is It Time for an Aging Physician Policy?
The issue of aging providers has been dealt with by some healthcare organizations – and organizations who have done so will attest that it isn’t easy or quick to determine how to...
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The Why, Who and How to Setting up Authorized and Delegated Officials Using PECOS
Using PECOS (the Provider Electronic Chain, and Ownership System), Medicare’s online enrollment system to enroll your providers create efficiencies for your organization and can...
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5 Tips for More Accurate Provider Directories
Provider directories are commonly overlooked assets of a health organization that can have a significant impact on physician satisfaction. Learn how you can improve your...
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5 Key Findings You Need to Know from the 2018 Annual Medical Staff Credentialing Report
Take a look at 5 of the 10 findings described in the 2018 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing that compare results from our 2017 report and takes a look into the future of...
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Annual Report
2018 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
We continue to see organizations implementing new strategies to decrease costs and accelerate revenue, and this trend toward implementing new solutions will continue into 2019 and...
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Thou Shalt Not Withhold Efficient Credentialing: Bylaws Are NOT Written In Stone
Bylaws shouldn't hold your organization back from efficient credentialing processes. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when looking at Bylaw requirements....
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Learning From Those Who Weathered The Storm
Every healthcare facility has a disaster plan, but the size and scope of those can vary greatly. The most forward-thinking hospitals have a comprehensive strategy that ...
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2018 Conference Industry Trends
Professional conferences provide great opportunities to learn from your peers. Here are some common trends that we found to have perpetuated throughout our user group conferences...
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Put on Your Project Manager Cap
Medical staff professionals wear many hats and handle a multitude of projects. Is your staff prepared to juggle multiple cases and perform efficiently? Learn why project management...
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Review Your Preparedness Plan Before Disaster Strikes
You can never be too prepared! Disaster can strike at any moment and it is important that your entire workforce is prepared for what will happen next....
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Introducing Performance Privileges for Morrisey Privileging Solution
Want to take your instance of Morrisey Privileging Solution to the next level? Our video will introduce you to the key features and awesome benefits of Performance Privileges when...
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Hospital Value-Based Purchasing and OPPE: The Quality Connection
Do you know how Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services measures the four quality domains of healthcare? Learn more about the qualities measured and how Ongoing Professional...
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To secure additional resources, a credentialing department must create a value proposition based on accurate data converted to information. That information should tell a story...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Privileging Telemedicine Providers: Where the Industry Stands in 2018
This webinar is focused on key pressure points experienced by today’s healthcare organizations related to determining how telemedicine and telehealth providers will be permitted to...
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Forming Cohesive Teams Following a Merger or Acquisition
Mergers and acquisitions are hard on staff. However that should be no excuse to let dysfunctions seep into your teams. Building a cohesive team from the start will lend itself well...
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How to Keep Current When It Comes to CME
Have you ever asked what are the requirements surrounding continuing medical education? All states require CME for license registration, and most states require CME for license...
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The Roulette Wheel of Not Testing
How many of us have learned things the hard way? I know that I certainly have from time to time. Save yourself a lot of embarrassment by making sure that new technology is...
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Duplication Abominations
There are thirty-seven different versions of your neighboring city’s hospital in your Hospitals Table staring at you right now. Which one do you choose? And how can you remove this...
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Revenue Cycle Management Is Keeping CFOs Up at Night
There have been a number of events in recent years that have put increased pressure on revenue cycle management in the healthcare industry—not the least of which was the recent...
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4 Reasons You Should Attend Professional Conferences
We are in the middle of a busy conference season for medical staff professionals. While many of you have made plans to attend at least one event, there is another group who has...
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Spotlight on: Rachel Deming Purcell
Rachel Deming Purcell, Director of Regional Credentialing, Quality and Operations Support at The Permanente Medical Group sees that today’s positions now require systems thinkers,...
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The Role of the CVO in a Merger or Acquisition
Is your medical office prepared to take the relationship to the next step? The integration of two or more credentialing databases will be one of the most significant efforts in...
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A Glimpse Into Banner Health's CVO
Learn how Banner Health System made data integrity a priority for their organization and eliminated many of the common threats that a healthcare organization faces when they don’t...
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Five Reasons Why Partnering With IT is Important
We at VerityStream love helping our customers! We enjoy the conversation, getting to improve our product from our customer’s recommendations and helping to grow the use of systems....
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Is Your Credentialing Process Really Electronic?
In my opinion, a credentialing (or a mortgage) process is electronic only if it is paperless for both the applicant and the recipient of the data. Your process is NOT electronic if...
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Data Governance: It's not just for "nerds" anymore!
Credentialing used to be solely focused on just that, credentialing. With all the changes our industry is enduring, it has become essential for healthcare organizations to...
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Are Your Stakeholders Receiving Timely Provider Privileging Information?
Industry best practice is to make information about providers' granted privileges readily available to patient care providers (i.e., nursing stations, OR scheduling, pharmacy,...
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Ten Years of Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) - What Have We Learned?
The Joint Commission announced the requirement for OPPE in 2007, in order to give organizations time to formulate their strategies for compliance by January 1, 2008 (the date on...
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3 Ways a Proper OPPE Analysis Can Improve Performance and Impact Your Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Reimbursements
With quality in mind, The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched their Hospital Value-based Purchasing (HVBP) Program in order to set performance standards and...
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What Does It Take to Be a Successful Medical Staff Services Leader?
In most hospitals, the medical staff organization is supported by one or more medical staff professionals (MSPs). These individuals may be called by different titles, but their key...
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Evolving Role as a Medical Staff Services Professional
I started working in Medical Staff Services in January of 2009, just one month before the HITECH Act was signed into law. At the time, meaningful use of health care data and...
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The Dangers of Storing Credentialing Information Using Different Formats
File and folder organization can hinder or help efficiency depending on how an organization sets up their naming conventions. Commonly an organization will assign files to a user:...
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Spotlight on: Ann Klinger, CPCS
Ann Klinger began her career in medical staff services in 1998 at Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro, Oregon. Prior to entering the world of medical staff services, Ann worked...
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Master Provider Identification Best Practices
A standard master provider ID across the system ensures that applications that share data will always update information as desired. As applications merge and change, industry...
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Why Do I Need a Data Dictionary?
Advances in applications, technology and industry, provide more usage of automation tools. Impediments to taking advantage of these features occur when the data stored in the...
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Don’t Let File Bloat Slow Your Credentialing Database Down
In order for databases to run at optimal performance standards, the system must have adequate space available for software being employed. Having unnecessary files or bloated files...
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Standardizing Record Type Categories
Record types are commonly used by a system to categorize data within an area. When large quantities of record types occur; data entry, managing and reporting becomes very...
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How to Avoid Duplicate Provider Data
Having an accurate Master Provider Database is essential for any healthcare organization. Over time it is easy to see how duplicate provider information occurs....
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Provider Data Discrepancies Negatively Impacts Reporting
Duplication within large master reference tables can translate very quickly into data duplication with data containing the same information but with subtle but impactful...
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White Paper
What is Your Single Source of Truth for Enterprise-Wide Credentialing, Privileging, and Enrollment?
A panel of healthcare executives recently estimated that forty percent of the national healthcare spend is a waste. This amounts to 1.3 trillion dollars of waste every year. For...
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Transforming Provider Enrollment Processes with PhyMed HealthCare Group
How one organization decreased excessive write-offs and optimized revenue cycle management with one robust solution....
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Inconsistent Provider Rosters Threaten Revenue and Compliance
Have you ever asked your credentialing office for an updated provider roster? The request is not as simple as it sounds. Learn more about our best practices in our white paper....
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Credentialing Operations…More Changes Ahead
One of the changes that I see coming is centralization of the decision-making process in health systems. What does this mean? In some organizations, the support for the...
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Data Integrity: An Ounce of Prevention
In the 2017 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing, 90.5% of you indicated that data management is an initiative that is extremely or very important, and 72.9% of you have...
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Develop Your Onboarding Provider Dashboard
Carefully selected metrics for your organization’s onboarding provider dashboard can improve workflow efficiencies, give insight into data, and improve reimbursements....
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Combining Privileging and Competency Data
Systems for defining and granting clinical privileges are essential for ensuring patient safety and improving outcomes. MPS is the most updated tool for organizations to use if...
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The Benefits of Cloud
Switching to the cloud can help organizations in more ways than one. Improved security capability, the ability to quickly meet business demands, and improving service levels and...
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At a time when organizations are merging their systems and procedures, provider database standardization is more important than ever to ensure data integrity and reimbursement. ...
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Annual Report
2018 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
The credentialing process has been around for decades, but is continuously changing. This annual report shows how the process has changed and what the credentialing process needs...
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Standardize and Automate Your Onboarding Processes
Standardizing and automating your organization’s onboarding processes can save time and money by accelerating reimbursements and narrowing the timeframe it takes to onboard a...
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How to Automate Your Medical Staff Office
Discover how VerityStream keeps up with the State of the Industry in credentialing, enrollment and privileging. ...
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10 Tips for Evaluating Your Privileging System
One of the most difficult tasks that medical staff organizations face is designing an effective clinical privileging system. Leverage these tips and make sure you are making the...
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The CVO: 6 Essentials for Achieving Rapid and Successful Centralization
The credentialing process can be a very complicated and long process. Renee Zimmerman gives us her keys to making the process succeed....
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Medical Staff Clinical Privileging
Discover 4 ways to improve compliance of your clinical privileging process....
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Accelerate the Provider Enrollment Process
In order to reach the overall goal of reducing enrollment times and increasing provider satisfaction, over half of provider enrollment professionals believe that the provider...
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5 Phrases That Indicate You (or Your Organization) May Be Stuck in the Mud
Perhaps some apply, and some don’t, and this is by no means an exhaustive list. But we think it’s always valuable to be aware of and examine mindsets (conscious and subconscious)...
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Industry Insight Webinar
Who, what, and where? How redundancy in the healthcare industry is costing millions.
Healthcare companies are currently wasting millions of dollars because work is being repeated and expertise is not being shared. If your company is using multiple systems to verify...
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Tips for Surviving (and Thriving) in Stressful Times
Sometimes it feels as if we are not in control of our time and that contributes to the stress that we experience on a daily basis. One of the things that I’ve found that helps:...
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Write-In Privileges: Why Not?
If write-in privileges are permitted, that is a direct “flag” to surveyors of regulatory/accreditation organizations of the potential that privileges were granted outside of the...
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The Role of Provider Data Management in Online Provider Directories
Over 70% of last year’s credentialing survey respondents indicated their credentialing solution is the single source of truth within their organization. One of the downstream...
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Industry Insight Webinar
How to Manage Disruptive Providers on Your Staff
In depth discussion regarding disruptive provider behavior in the healthcare sector including steps on how to manage, sanction, rehabilitate these providers. ...
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National Credentialing Forum Update
There were many very informative sessions such as Evolution in Competence Assessment Programs to Meet Emerging Trends in Licensure and Credentialing, credentialing portability and...
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2018 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
The report was published on May 2, 2018 and is the result of a survey conducted of Medical Services Professionals and others responsible for credentialing during December 2017 and...
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3 Credentials Verification Organization Workflow Methodologies
Determine the best credentials verification and application process for your CVO....
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5 Credentials Verification Organization Communication Best Practices
Best practices to facilitate seamless communication and workflow between the CVO and the hospital leaders and providers....
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5 Benefits of a Credentials Verification Organization
Overworked and short staffed? Consider the many benefits of using a Credentials Verification Organization to perform credentialing and recredentialing activities....
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4 Credentials Verification Organization Services Your Organization Should Be Using
Enhance your credentialing abilities by leveraging the benefits of a credentials verification organization....
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5 Credentials Verification Organization Application Processes
Determine the best application processes for your healthcare organization....
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Credentials Verification Organizations by the Numbers
Benchmark metrics for credentials verification organizations....
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Annual Report
2017 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
Industry report for medical groups, hospitals, and healthcare organizations who are actively seeking solutions to improve provider enrollment efficiency....
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Provider Credentialing & Enrollment Impact on Revenue Cycle
Why provider enrollment is now an important part of the revenue cycle according to healthcare research. ...
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Automate your Credentialing Process with the Credentialing Automation Tool Belt
Paperless credentialing tips to help your healthcare organization save both time and money while multiplying productivity and efficiency....
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The Ultimate Guide to Paperless Credentialing
Discover nine tools which can help your organization transition to paperless credentialing!...
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Standardization Needed for Credentialing and Provider Enrollment
Addressing the need for more standardization within medical staff office to improve provider onboarding, credentialing, and enrollment....
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The Inefficiency of Manual Provider Enrollment Applications
Approximately 18 payer applications need to be processed for every provider. If your facility has 250 providers and you spend a full business day collecting data and processing...
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Key Metrics of the Credentialing Office
The numbers don’t lie – credentialing is a tough job. Learn about the state of the provider credentialing industry & how automation plays a part in our infographic....
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The Cost of Provider Onboarding
A growing number of U.S. doctors are leaving private practice for hospital employment. While the hospital may be paying a salary to its new physician beginning on day one of...
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5 Key Components of Credentialing System Interoperability
This whitepaper describes the key components required to enable credentialing systems to achieve interoperability across the healthcare enterprise....
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Annual Report
2017 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing
This report's findings show that organizations are working diligently to improve their credentialing processes, although most have yet to complete their efforts....
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It's All About NAMSS 2017
Congratulations to the NAMSS committees and individuals responsible for making the arrangements for this conference – I know that those who were able to attend greatly benefited...
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Updates from the First Annual CMS National Provider Enrollment Workshop
Highlights of the conference include changes in how the MAC will communicate with providers, changes to the Program Integrity Manual, MACS not requesting certain documents, changes...
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2017 Credentialing Survey Report Results
Today's MSPs have worked very hard to streamline processes, both in technology and human ways. According to our research, approximately 80% feel they have streamlined and reduced...
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Data Integrity: The Value of Integrating Quality into Your Organization’s Payer Enrollment Activities
Organizations are bringing together their credentialing, payer enrollment and recruitment teams to ensure data elements are defined to meet each collaborating partner’s business...
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Preparing for an Electronic Credentialing Approval Process
If you are looking to implement an electronic credentials review process as a goal for the next quarter or year, there are components that can be taken early to lay the foundation...
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Ready to Make The Jump To Online Applications?
Before taking the plunge and shredding the paper, here are a few things you should consider to prepare your organization for success...
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Realizing Benefits From Your Privileging Program at the Point of Service
Discover the strategies that will extend the benefits of your privileging program to the point of service to ensure that benefits from your privileging program are realized....
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Succession Planning for MSPs
Succession management is the process of identifying those jobs considered to be at the core of the organization – too critical to be left vacant or filled by any but the best...
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Top Five Changes in Credentialing Due to the Increased Numbers of Employed Providers
All of us who work in healthcare have seen and experienced the many changes that have occurred as a result of the shift of organizations to increasingly employ/contract with...
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Annual Report
2016 Annual Report on Provider Enrollment
Research reveals the current and changing environment of credentialing, provider enrollment, delegated credentialing for hospitals and medical groups....
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When Was the Last Time You Really Reviewed Your Hospital Privileges?
Are you procrastinating on reviewing your organizations delineation of privileges? Here are some questions to get you started and reasons why you should not put it off any longer....