New uses for technology can make the credentialing process for medical providers faster, more accessible, and more affordable through paperless credentialing. Paperless credentialing has been growing in popularity with credential verification organizations over the past three years because of faster turnaround time, the ease of letting multiple people access credentialing information, and lower overhead to maintain files. Security measures need to be in place to protect the information, but paperless credentialing allows good credentialing services the flexibility to offer better service and additional reports and information.
The process for paperless credentialing and traditional credentialing is the same. The provider supplies information on an application and some supporting documentation; the different licensing boards, schools, hospitals, previous employers, and other listed organizations are contacted, which return further verifying documents. Other organizations, such as disciplinary committees, are also contacted to request verifying documents. All of these are compiled into a file and are used to create an audit report on the provider.
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