HOW CLINICIAN CREDENTIALING BEST PRACTICES HELP LEADING ACCREDITED IROS ENSURE INDEPENDENT MEDICAL REVIEW
April 15, 2019 – One of the pillars of protecting the integrity of the review process for all stakeholders within the healthcare industry is to conduct secure and prudent clinician credentialing. This is a critical process within the realm of independent review organizations (IRO) and utilization management (UM) organizations.
Vetting and contracting with qualified clinicians is key because health plans and patients rely on the expertise of those clinicians to render accurate reviews. Today, leading IROs and UM organizations are advancing the credentialing process, which largely plays out behind the scenes but is vital to preserving the independence and integrity of medical review.