Staffing & Workforce
Hiring a New Provider? Start Credentialing 120 Days Out
Credentialing delays keep new providers off panels for months — and every idle week is unfilled revenue. A timeline to protect your start date.
Why 120 days
Between primary-source verification, payer committee cycles, and application corrections, initial credentialing commonly takes three to five months per payer. Starting after the offer is signed is starting late — the provider arrives and cannot see patients on most panels.
Run it like a project
Collect the full application package in the first week: licenses, DEA, malpractice history, references, and NPI details.
Submit to prioritized payers in parallel and track every status; silence from a payer is not progress.
Prep billing for the new provider's taxonomy and effective dates so the first claims are clean.
How Precision helps
Our credentialing team manages applications, follow-up, and fee schedule setup end to end — and we report status weekly so your start date holds.
Related service
CredentialingCredentialing errors should never be the reason a practice cannot get paid.
This article is for general information and is not legal advice. Rules change often — confirm current requirements with CMS, your payers, or counsel.