CCVS does not make credentialing decisions for organizations, but it does make the process easier by doing the detailed paperwork required for such decisions. Health care facilities still maintain the decision-making authority to grant or deny privileges. All parties involved in the service benefit. Medical Societies enhance services for its members and promote the image of the organization as an important link between the practitioner and the health organizations. Facilities streamline and improve their credentialing process while saving time and money spent verifying the information, allowing their valuable staff services personnel to perform other essential duties.
Practitioners also benefit from the centralized approach.
Because one standard application is used for all facilities the applicant's office only receives one phone call or letter for information, rather than multiple requests. Reducing duplication and streamlining the appointment process creates a WIN, WIN, WIN situation for the practitioner, the health care facility and the medical society. Signing that contract with the medical society for centralized credentialing was, in my view, hiring the best assistant I've ever had. General Centralized Credential Verification Service Process 1. A practitioner is furnished a list of the Service's participating facilities with information on each facility's standards, along with the Service's application form.