For healthcare providers across the country, getting credentialed with insurance companies can be a daunting and arduous process. However, facility credentialing makes individual provider credentialing look like child’s play.

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What is Facility Credentialing?

Facility credentialing is the process by which a health plan (insurance company) evaluates and then approves a facility to be “in network” with the health plan, and a participating provider of specific healthcare services. Don’t confuse a “facility” with a “group practice.” A group practice has a different, and much simpler, credentialing process.

To complete the process, your facility must complete and submit a variety of forms including a facility credentialing application, as well as other documentation like the applicant’s education, experience, licensure, certifications, accreditation, and more.

What Types of Facilities Can be Credentialed?

To be credentialed as a facility, a healthcare organization will need to meet various and numerous standards, which often including a JCAHO certification, CARP certification, or an equivalent. The type of organizations eligible for facility credentialing often include:

• Hospitals
• Home Health Agencies
• Freestanding Surgicenters
• Sleep Medicine Centers and Labs
• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Community Mental Health Centers
• Hospice Centers
• Ambulance
• Birthing Center
• Clinical Lab
• DME
• Freestanding Radiology Center
• IV Infusion Therapy
• Portable X-Ray
• Cardiac Lab
• Outpatient Diabetes Management
• End Stage Renal Disease Providers
• Orthotic/Prosthetic Supplier
• PET Center
• Pharmacy
• Dialysis Center
• Residential Treatment Center
• Rural Health Clinic (RHC)/Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC)
• Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF)

When Should a Facility Begin the Credentialing Process?

A facility should begin the credentialing process at least 120 days prior to when they wish to accept 3^rd party payments (that is, payment from insurance companies).

Let Us Help You With Credentialing

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