Q&A: Can you list some favorite credentialing Websites from fellow MSPs?
A: Absolutely! The following are just a sampling of the sites that medical staff professionals (MSPs) told CVU are key to their daily work involving verifications. Would you like to see more or perhaps add your own favorites? Go to the 2007 Credentialing & Privileging Desktop Reference (CPDR) at www.online-cpdr.com. If you're not already a member, you can sign up for a free trial and see for yourself how much time it's saving your fellow MSPs on the task of verifications.
JCAHO: www.jointcommission.org
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA): www.ncqa.org
American Accreditation Healthcare Commission (URAC): www.urac.org
OIG Exclusions Database: exclusions.oig.hhs.gov
Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG): www.ecfmg.org
Administrators in Medicine DocFinder; Health professional licensing database: www.docboard.org
American Medical Association (AMA); AMA Physician Masterfile: www.ama-assn.org/amaprofiles
National Practitioner Data Bank: www.npdb-hipdb.com
Editor's note: To add your favorites to the CPDR, click here. To sign up for a free trial of CPDR, click here. Questions and topic suggestions can be e-mailed to Credentialing & Verification Update at mcoler@hcpro.com.
