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8 Common Provider Credentialing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Verisys

3: Allowing a physician to treat patients before credentialing is completed Courts have held hospitals liable when a physician falsifies credentials, and the hospital fails to do its due diligence in verifying them. This creates the potential for adverse patient outcomes, leading to expensive malpractice lawsuits. Mistake No.

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Eight Common Physician Credentialing Mistakes

Verisys

Credentialing lapses can expose a healthcare organization to malpractice suits and accreditation problems. This creates the potential for negative patient outcomes, which can lead to expensive malpractice lawsuits. Therefore, due diligence requires background checks to identify both current and historical adverse actions be performed.

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What Is Provider Credentialing?

MedTrainer

It involves collecting and reviewing information such as education, training, licensure, certifications, work history, malpractice history, and references — all in pursuit of verifying that providers are who they say they are and qualified to deliver legitimate, safe, and ethical care. But how do you know which one to choose?