Providers can see patients while credentialing applications are pending, but the options for how they get paid, and the compliance requirements that apply, vary significantly depending on the arrangement. The three most common approaches are treating self-pay patients, working under locum tenens arrangements billed through a credentialed practice, and obtaining temporary or emergency privileges from […]
Credentialing Applications, Credentialing Challenges, Credentialing Timelines, Locum Tenens, Medical Credentialing
Updated October 2026 A peer reference is an assessment of your clinical work written by a practitioner in your own discipline who has watched you practice. A professional reference comes from someone who has supervised or worked alongside you, such as a department chair or medical director, and that person can hold a different license […]
Credentialing References, Hospital Privileging, Joint Commission, Peer References, Professional References