When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans on June 3 to invest in technology that gives Medicare patients and providers easier access to data, our ears perked up, especially around the idea of a national provider directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Fierce Healthcare<\/em> reported<\/a>, CMS wants to build a centralized healthcare directory, starting with provider information, with the goal of creating a single source of truth: a reliable, up-to-date database of provider credentials that others across the system can use and build on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Modio, we’ve long championed the need for a single source of truth in provider credentialing. Today, providers often have to repeatedly submit their education, licenses, board certifications, and work history to different systems. Without a centralized source, the process becomes redundant, time-consuming, and prone to delays. Now imagine if this data could be automatically pulled from trusted sources like medical schools or licensing boards and stored in a single, standardized system. That would mean no more chasing paperwork, repeating verifications, or wasting providers\u2019 and credentialers\u2019 time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CMS\u2019s move is a promising step toward fixing what is currently a fragmented and inefficient process. Of course, bringing all this data together \u2014 and keeping it accurate and up to date \u2014 is not a small task. For hospitals to confidently use this system to verify credentials, privileges, and licensure, access to real-time primary-source verification updates will be essential. CMS may be one of the few entities with the reach and resources to pull this off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question now is: how will they do it? We\u2019ll be watching closely as the effort unfolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ready to see what a smarter, faster credentialing process looks like today? <\/strong>Modio\u2019s OneView platform is already helping organizations centralize provider data, reduce redundancies and speed up verifications. Learn more at Modio Health.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans on June 3 to invest in technology that gives Medicare patients and providers easier access to data, our ears perked up, especially around the idea of a national provider directory. As Fierce Healthcare reported,<\/p>\n
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