Guides

Reference material for people who do this for a living, so nothing here explains what credentialing is. Each page carries the date it was last checked and a source on every external figure, because this reader will check them.

  • What expires, and when

    Reference, last reviewed August 2026

    Every clock a firm carries per provider: CAQH re-attestation at 120 days and 180 in Illinois, payer re-credentialing at 36 months, DEA at three years, licenses on each state board’s own cycle. A source on every figure, including where the source is a competitor.

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  • Bringing credentialing in house

    Reference, last reviewed August 2026

    For the billing firm that outsources credentialing and is not happy with it. What the work actually is, job by job, and three cases where the honest answer is to keep outsourcing.

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Knowing the dates is not the same as holding them

Both guides end in the same place: the dates are knowable, and there are far too many of them to hold by hand once a roster passes a dozen providers. That is what the product is for.

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