*This post was written by our partners at TriZetto Provider Solutions.
We all like to think we’re experts: In car repair. Home improvements. Computers. Cooking. That’s why there are so many internet fail videos demonstrating the disastrous, often hilarious, outcomes of cooking catastrophes and home repairs gone awry.
With that idea in mind, here are the thirteen common steps in enrolling a new provider with a payer. Based on this list, credentialing might seem like something an accomplished DIYer could complete in a few weeks. If only it were that easy: