There is no singular panacea to resolve the “Great Resignation” that has seen intensive competition for employees. Some leave for better opportunity while others live off saved federal stimulus money and/or financial accounts fat from low spending during the extended home confinement. In the end, if someone today says they cannot find a job, one would question how hard they are looking.

According to Forbes Magazine, healthcare has been one of the hardest hit sectors. In 2022 there have been more than 1.7 million resignations which represents 20% of the health care workforce… a 3% reduction month over month!  Most health centers struggled to fill or keep filled positions before the pandemic. Now? Inability to hire fast enough… never mind high quality staff… has become a pandemic of its own.

Our business development team says the number one reason, far and away, motivating health centers to outsource credentialing and third-party payer enrollment is simply being understaffed.  Despite demonstrating savings and ROI from outsourcing this tedious work… never mind expertise developed from myopic focus on this one most important facet of health care…  the real catalyst creating urgency for health center decision makers is simply not having enough people to get the job done.

This is not surprising. I mean, be realistic. If a HR lead at a health center has multiple positions to fill… do you focus on hiring doctors, nurses, and medical assistants so patients receive care or instead on business side administrative roles. Most would agree, the former over the latter. 

And, even if you do hire administrative staff, it is exceedingly rare… I am talking finding hen’s teeth kind of rare… that this person is hired with, or to focus on, credentialing and third-party payer enrollment expertise. 

Save yourself time, money, headaches, and stress. Contact PMG Credentialing today. You’ll need them to get started on primary source verification (PSV) on all those new clinical team members HR is onboarding.