Overview
For healthcare providers, accurate physician credentialing that verifies physicians have the necessary licensure, experience, policies, and practices to provide safe and effective care is crucial, as it safeguards patients and protects healthcare organizations legally and financially.
When one of the largest non-profit healthcare systems in the country needed a streamlined process for onsite visits and medical record review for physician credentialing across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and spanning the state of Texas, they contacted KDJ Consultants. Driven to empower healthcare outcomes and lift the reporting burden for our clients, the experts at KDJ Consultants began working on timely, effective solutions.
Solution
KDJ Consultants worked with the client to identify a site visit tool that would appropriately gather objective data for physician credentialing. KDJ Consultants nurses were able to complete site visits across the state while using their varied clinical backgrounds to provide valuable feedback and education to providers through the site visit process.
Results
With our guidance, expertise and intimate knowledge of regulations requirements, the client was able to efficiently complete the physician credentialing process.
Providers also received meaningful feedback on their current policies and practices, along with suggestions for improvement, including examples of best practices. The client was able to ensure new providers met required standards and maintained those standards based on periodic return visits. KDJ has proudly assisted this client with provider credentialing since 1997.