Anthony Centore

Perhaps you’ve heard of the free web-based Electronic Health Records (EHR) program Practice Fusion. It has a growing user base 150,000 medical professionals.

For health providers, medical credentialing is the process of getting networked with insurance companies (this is often described as "getting on insurance panels").

If you are a mental health professional working in private or group practice, you have your work cut out for you. Serving your clients well, and finding the time to handle all of the administrative tasks of your practice can become quite stressful.

As we approach the New Year, our credentialing team is being asked more and more frequently what 2013 will bring for the process of getting on insurance panels. That’s a good question! While we don’t have a crystal ball, the trends show us a lot. Here are our predictions for 2013.

Are you ready to bring on an additional counselor? Congrats! Your practice must be growing! If you’re like many, you’re facing a tricky decision. This new clinician—will you be hiring him or her as an employee, or as an independent contractor? Practices have done it both ways, and there are pros and cons to each.