• August 4, 2025
• | Modio in the Press

In the Doctor, Papers Please! post, Dr. Nick van Terheyden examines the cumbersome credentialing process faced by physicians—even within the same system. Providers may be required to re‑submit documentation, endure multiple background checks, and wait up to 120 days before reauthorization—all of which disrupt patient care and deter physician mobility.

Dr. Nick critiques this bureaucracy as both inefficient and counterproductive. He makes the case that such delays fragment healthcare delivery, impose unnecessary costs, and ultimately disincentivize the kind of clinician agility that modern care requires. He underscores the misalignment between procedural inertia and the urgent needs of patients and challenges the industry to rethink credentialing as a barrier, not a safeguard.

Listen to the podcast “Doctor, Papers Please!” via Incremental Healthcare’s podcast to gain insight into outdated credentialing that affects healthcare access and quality.