Hi!
We frequently fight this battle, so I was hoping to hear from others how you handle new providers.
Do you create new provider profile using bare minimum criteria to allow the office to begin scheduling patients under that provider right away? or do you wait until they have gone through medical staff office and credentialing so all of the provider identifiers are available (DEA,NPI,ect.)
Our struggle is that the office knows a new provider is joining the practice several months ahead of time. They want to start scheduling future patients for that provider right away.
From an IT/Compliance standpoint, I don’t want to build the profile until they have gone through all of the appropriate credentialing/MSO approvals which doesn’t happen until a few weeks before the provider is set to arrive.
Thanks for your input!