Provider credentialing is a multi-step process hospitals and healthcare organizations use to gather and verify practitioners’ qualifications to practice medicine. It’s performed on practitioners who are employed by the organization and those who are affiliated—for example, a physician practicing in the community who applies to be a part of the hospital’s organized medical staff. It is not typically conducted in doctors’ private What is the credentialing process for? Credentialing is the starting point for hospitals to provide safe, quality healthcare to patients. However, done well, it also protects the hospital and all of its healthcare providers and staff.

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