What is recredentialing you may ask.   Recredentialing (or Credentials Reverification if you prefer) is the process of credentialing AFTER the initial credentialing was done.  Depending on your own by-laws, you may need to recredential every year or every 2 years or even more.  Basically you want to check up on your physician and make sure everything is still A-Ok. 

So what kind of things are you looking for this time around?  Good question!!

OK, so,  you need to see if your Dr (let’s call him Dr. Perfect for arguments sake) has obtained privileges anywhere since he credentialed originally with you.  Make sure he is still in good standing at any place he still has privileges at.  There could possibly be new disciplinary actions against him, though, I hardly doubt that is the case for Dr. Perfect….

Second, you are going to have to recheck all of his active licenses with the licensing boards.  You will also want to make sure that the license copies you have on file are still current.  If anything has expired since the initial credential you will have to ask Dr Perfect for current copies, but,  of course he won’t mind because, well, he’s perfect!

Do you keep letters of reference? If so, you probably will want to get current ones at this time.

Fun stuff, yes?  No, not really, but a necessary evil any ways.   If your Dr isn’t perfect, and most of them aren’t though some are close, he will probably grumble a little at having to go through it all again.  The good news is, it won’t be nearly as time consuming and difficult this time around.

So, close your eyes, grit your teeth, and dive in. You will feel so much better when it’s all over with!

Michelle