We are in the process of compiling last year’s credentialing data for a report on the average processing time for the top six insurers. The report will include state or region specific information that will be broken down by insurers. It will be from the first day that we contacted the insurance company to begin the process. These insurance companies may not be the top payers in your area but nationwide they represent the majority.
This will be a comprehensive report that will hopefully help some practices understand the credentialing time frame and why it is so important to give yourself plenty of time. We would love to know that this is something that the practice management community could benefit from so feel free to let us know by commenting below.
Currently it will include:
- Credentialing Aging Report broken down by Insurer and Region
- Insurance companies included are: Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, Tricare, & UHC (Medicare is a separate report)
- Performance ratings with specific commentary of pros/cons in dealing with organization
- It should be noted that last year was worse than 08 but could be expected because of all the layoffs that occurred. Your experience may have been different with the particular insurance companies and we look forward to hearing from you.
We look forward to continuing to provide our clients with valuable tools and information to assist them in their practices.
Would it be possible to include Medicare and Medicaid in this report?
Thanks for what you do.
Dr. K
When do you think this report will be completed? I have often tried to capture this information for our Network providers and found it to be near impossible. Hope to hear back. Thanks you.
We are working hard to try and complete it before April 1st. We have uncovered some patterns among the insurers that will hopefully help everyone with the credentialing process. We will be sending it to everyone registered in the forum during the first phase of our release. We will keep you posted.