Credentialing for Billing Success!

Does fear of credentialing lock you into staying with a venture-capital platform? 

It doesn’t have to!

You can certainly use one of the platforms if you want. But you don’t have to! It’s still possible to join insurance panels independently without spending a fortune on credentialing services. Don’t let fear or intimidation narrow your available options for creating the practice you want!

Improper credentialing/provider enrollment is the #1 reason for denied or underpaid claims. This webinar will teach you how to manage the entire process so that you can get paid with less difficulty.  You’ll learn what no one else teaches clinicians in a supportive, realistic, and entertaining manner.

You’ll learn –

• How to update your NPI and why keeping it up-to-date is more important than you realize!
• CAQH
• Availity
• Major payer portals (for example, Optum’s Provider Express)
• Introduction to Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare
• Common errors – everyone gets these things wrong!
• What information goes where? And how does that translate directly to claims problems?
• How are credentialing and contracting different – and why does the whole process take so darn long?
• Attestations & directory maintenance – why is that a thing? How do you make it easier?
• What happens when you: Move? Change your tax ID? Form a group? Have more than one practice location? Licensed in multiple states? Work for yourself but also another practice or facility?
• How do you credential for supervisory billing?
• Group practices: delegated credentialing arrangements
• Can you request a higher reimbursement rate immediately? What if you want to contract with a payer but they won’t reveal their rates until after the process is complete?  (HINT: you CAN get the rates…!)

We’ll discuss how to manage these common scenarios for commercial insurance payers, Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare/VA.

It’s full of practical suggestions, handouts, and “do’s and don’ts” to help you make this onerous task manageable. You don’t have to give up your dream of a fully independent private practice!

Webinar recording date: February 27, 2026