Career and Life Planning Guidebook for Medical Residents

Recommended Tool Credentialing Checklist Part of the credentialing process is ensuring your business and practices are all in order. This checklist will help ensure that you are properly and officially linked with insurance carriers and government agencies such as Medicare and Medicaid and have essential systems and practices in place. http://md.careers/CL-06 them to craft a reference that is not onlypersonal but accurately reflects your accomplishments as well. Each organization will tell you who they want for references and when they are needed. And choose wisely! If you have several choices and one has a reputation for not being timely in paperwork, think twice before requesting a time sensitive reference. You don’t want a missing reference to hold up your new start date. When you start in practice, insurance companies will need to complete your credentialing process beforeyou can see their patients and bill for services. It may be wise to inquire about the onboarding and credentialing process during your interview. Another alternative is to ask which person in your new practice is responsible for this process. This way you can establish a relationship and timeline with them to review your onboarding process and provide them with any necessary information. It would be a shame to have all your state and hospital credentials complete, but not be allowed to see patients because your insurance credentialing is not yet finished. Medical malpractice insurance will also be needed before you can start work. When you join a practice, this will likely be the same insurance that everyone else has. Again, you will need to review your onboarding process to learn the specifics of the coverage provided. If the insurance is “claims made,” be sure you understand who will be paying for the tail if you leave. The Transition 335 WWW.PHYSICIANCAREERPLANNING.COM