For healthcare providers in practice today—from nurses, to chiropractors, to physicians—the process of becoming credentialed with insurance providers (that is, the process of getting on insurance panels, and being able to accept 3rd party payments from new and potential patients) is one of the most important things that one can do…
I was speaking with an acupuncturist recently who told me the following story. He said, “This past weekend I took a training course, to learn more about insurance credentialing and medical billing. As I sat in the classroom early on a Sunday morning, the speaker said, ‘Raise your hand if, while you…
These days, healthcare providers–from physicians, to chiropractors, to acupuncturists–are, in droves, running to become credentialed with insurance companies. And for good reason! Not being able to accept insurance means that up to 90% of their potential patient (or client) base will politely decline to use their services, and instead opt to…
