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Evergreen articles on the day-to-day mechanics of medical credentialing — primary source verification, CAQH ProView, OIG and SAM.gov exclusion screening, and payer enrollment — written by the CredentialTrack Pro Editorial Team.
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Exclusion screening · Compliance
May 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Federal exclusion screening is one of the few credentialing tasks that auditors will ask you to prove every single month. Here is the practical, source-by-source checklist we use.
Read the article →Primary source verification · NCQA
May 20, 2026 · 9 min read
Primary source verification is the heart of credentialing. This checklist walks through every element NCQA and the Joint Commission expect you to verify directly with the issuing body.
Read the article →CAQH · Payer enrollment
May 20, 2026 · 6 min read
If your CAQH ProView attestation is even one day past 120, most payers will refuse to pull your profile. Here is how the 120-day rule actually works and how to stay ahead of it.
Read the article →Payer enrollment · Medicare
May 20, 2026 · 8 min read
Credentialing takes 90 to 180 days for a reason. Here is what is actually happening inside each stage of payer enrollment and where the days disappear.
Read the article →NPDB · Primary source verification
May 21, 2026 · 8 min read
Every credentialing committee needs a current NPDB report. Here is how the National Practitioner Data Bank actually works, when to query, and how to read what comes back.
Read the article →DEA · Licensing
May 21, 2026 · 7 min read
A lapsed DEA registration stops a prescriber cold. Here is the three-year renewal cycle, the MATE training rule, and a cadence to keep every prescriber covered.
Read the article →Medicaid · Payer enrollment
May 21, 2026 · 9 min read
State Medicaid enrollment looks simple on paper and almost never is. Here are the recurring quirks — MCOs, ORP enrollment, fingerprints, and revalidation — that catch every credentialer at least once.
Read the article →Primary source verification · Board certification
May 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Board certification is one of the easier PSV items to get right — if you know which portal is canonical for each board and how to handle MOC status. Here is the field guide.
Read the article →Locum tenens · Payer enrollment
May 21, 2026 · 8 min read
Locum tenens credentialing has its own rulebook. Here is how temporary privileging actually works, when you can bill under the regular physician's number, and the limits the Q6 modifier puts on it.
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