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Who Are Locum Tenens Providers and What Do They Do?
Locum tenens is Latin for placeholder. A locum tenens physician takes the place of a provider when they are absent — a substitute. In the early 1970s, a federal grant was awarded to the University of Utah for the purpose of providing physician staffing services to...
How the No Surprises Act Will Affect Provider Directory Search
Starting January 1, 2022, group health plans and insurers that provide benefits for emergency services may not impose any administrative requirement or limitation on benefits for out-of-network emergency services that are more restrictive than the requirements or...
What Is a Healthcare Compliance Audit?
Healthcare is a high-risk industry; auditing is the systematic and objective process that mitigates risk. Healthcare compliance requires objectivity and accountability through independent review by a variety of auditing boards and institutions. A healthcare compliance...
The Importance of NCQA Certification for CVOs
The Importance of NCQA Certification for CVOs Verifying credentials for practitioners and affiliated organizations is a key component of patient safety in healthcare. To perform thorough, efficient, and accurate credentialing, a credentials verification organization...
Defining Roles of the Credentialing Process
In this blog, Hugh Greeley identifies the four distinct parties and the primary activities of each party’s role involved in credentialing a new applicant for medical staff appointment. He recommends clear delegation and understanding the sequence for maximum...
Verisys and Aperture Move Ahead Under Verisys Brand
Verisys is the go-forward name for the combined company. The Aperture brand will be retired. In addition, Verisys will be headquartered in Aperture’s former home office of Louisville, Ky. “We chose the Verisys name because of its recognition as the top technology...
The Importance of Primary Source Verification on Provider Credentials
In light of our recent National Primary Source Verification Month, we are republishing Hugh Greeley’s post on primary source verification, the ways that primary sources can be accessed, and updates surrounding verification. These standards are necessary for healthcare...
Benefits of Governance, Risk, and Compliance Automation
As the healthcare industry is increasingly targeted for data theft and fraud, information security has emerged as a top priority for healthcare institutions. In 2020, more large healthcare breaches were reported than in any other year since the HITECH Act mandated the...
The Difference Between Provider Credentialing and Provider Enrollment
Provider credentialing and provider enrollment are necessary for healthcare organizations to receive payment from insurance and government payers. Although the processes are related, they each require several steps which are quite distinct. Provider credentialing is...
Federal and State Level Exclusion Lists to Monitor
Navigating Exclusion Lists for Healthcare Compliance Healthcare institutions must monitor countless lists to stay in compliance; it’s a complex web of regulation. Some lists that should be continuously monitored include federal sources such as the List of Excluded...