title: Credentialing.
abstract: Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals and appraising their background. It is used by hospitals and other health care facilities, educational institutions, and insurance companies to ensure the qualification of their clinicians and to grant privileges to provide specific services and perform different medical or dental procedures. This article familiarizes the reader with the credentialing process and the documentation that is needed to be credentialed by certain organizations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Woodhull Hospital, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA. orrett.ogle@woodhullhc.nychhc.org
authors.forename: Orrett E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Ogle
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration; D003798:Dental Staff, Hospital; D003815:Dentists; D004282:Documentation; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D007341:Insurance; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008005:Licensure, Dental; D008484:Medicaid; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges; D016749:National Practitioner Data Bank; D013039:Specialties, Dental / Q000592:standards; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States; D037041:United States Government Agencies