Gone are the days in which we as providers received endless denials to our contract applications due to “over saturation of providers”. Insurers are now legally obligated to offer contracts to any eligible providers who submit applications and necessary documentation.
This download includes a 4 Step Process:
Setting up your LLC
Obtaining or Confirming your NPI Type 1 or 2
Applying for Insurance Contracts
Submitting or Updating Credentialing Applications to Reflect My New Practice
Each step includes links to the exact website you need to access for each commercial insurer as well as direct contact information for the credentialing and contracting departments. It also includes some helpful tips for what specifically to pay attention to as well as what to disregard on each of these application sites.
This guide includes information for the following insurances:
Department of Human Services (DHS) Medicaid
Health Partners/Cigna
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Optum - United Health Care, Medica, UBH, Preferred One, Bind
Ucare
Department of Human Services (DHS) Medicare