As the healthcare labor shortage intensifies, hospitals are eager to get newly-hired physicians and nurses credentialled and working as quickly as possible. After all, the credentialing process takes up to 180 days—and every single one is a day that your new hires can’t spend caring for patients.
Of course, parts of the credentialing process are out of your hands. Once new hires have submitted their applications and supporting documentation, it’s up to each state’s medical board and managed care organizations to process these submissions.
But there is one practical way that hospitals can help out-of-state hires complete their submissions faster—and that’s by taking other job-related tasks off their minds and plates.
In addition to getting credentialed, those new hires of yours need to relocate. By simplifying their moving process, you’ll give them the time and mental energy they need to better focus on the application itself.
That alone can be a game-changer. When it comes to credentialing delays, hospitals’ top challenge is that new hires are failing to provide complete information—and they can’t start the process without a fully-complete application.
Chances are, you already have a relocation program in place. Chances are, you think it does the job. But if you haven’t evaluated your relocation program specifically in terms of freeing up your new hires’ time and headspace—or providing peace of mind—it’s time to do just that.
To that end, here’s how to ensure your relocation program is accelerating the credentialing process—as opposed to creating additional roadblocks.
Surveys indicate that nearly three-quarters of U.S. hospitals give new hires a relocation allowance. Unfortunately, many fail to offer supportive services to help plan the move, especially if the funding is handled in-house.
The easiest way to fill that gap? Bring in a tech-based relocation provider. In addition to handling the funding, providers like UrbanBound offers new hires a range of essential benefits and services including:
And in addition to the portal, each new hire is paired with a dedicated relocation specialist who will help as much or as little as they’d like. That’s peace of mind.