Category: Press Room

Previous to the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) of 1986, there was no single, national source available to organizations required to perform credentialing to assess whether or not their practitioners had previous actions taken against them related to medical malpractice settlements, adverse privileging actions, state and federal licensure actions, Medicare exclusions or debarment, among other […]

Episodic and ongoing practitioner sanction monitoring is required by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), as well as other accrediting bodies. It is also considered a best practice in any credentialing program. Sanction monitoring typically involves confirming the absence or presence of Medicare and Medicaid exclusions, and adverse state and federal licensure actions, contractual […]

National web-based credentialing applications, provider data warehouses, and web-crawler primary source verifications are having a favorable impact on the efficiency of the credentialing process for health plans, hospitals, health systems and other delivery settings charged with performing credentialing of their providers. Such efficiencies have the potential to reduce administrative redundancies, the time it takes to […]

They say variety is the spice of life. Who wouldn’t be interested in having an array of choices instead of just one? That’s what Professional Credential Verification Service (PCVS) brings to the health care marketplace every day – credentials verification organization (CVO) services that meet and exceed a diverse variety of client’s and their needs. […]

Did you know not all Credentials Verification Organizations (CVOs) are created the same? It’s true. Professional Credential Verification Service (PCVS) is a national, premier dually-assessed CVO, with 25 years of industry experience providing quality credentialing services to clients. In addition, PCVS offers the widest range of customizable package and a la carte credentialing solutions in […]

Professional Credential Verification Service, Inc. (PCVS), a national leader for its primary source credentialing verification services, announced today it has again earned Certification status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Certification is awarded to participating organizations on the basis of individual credentials elements. Organizations may be certified for all, some, or none of […]

Recently, a number of news reports regarding individuals posing as physicians and other clinicians have sent ripples of shock and panic throughout our communities. In many cases, patients on the receiving end of their unqualified ‘care’ endured physical and psychological harm. It’s alarming to know such individuals continue to find a way to betray the […]

After becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Michigan State Medical Society in 2015, Professional Credential Verification Service, Inc (PCVS) relocated to 1305 Abbot Road, Suite 106, East Lansing, MI 48823 and appointed the following Board members to serve as officers of PCVS: ·         Chair: S. Bobby Mukkamala, MD ·         Vice Chair: Julie L. Novak ·         President: […]

In the 2002 movie “Catch Me If You Can” – a true story – actor Leonardo DiCaprio charmingly plays Frank Abagnale Jr., a teenager who poses as a Georgia physician, among other impersonations, and manages to work in a hospital, all without a medical degree. While comical on-screen, this is every CEO’s nightmare, and it’s […]

In 2015, the Physician Holding Company (PHC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Michigan State Medical Society, acquired the remaining half of Professional Credential Verification Service, Inc (PCVS) from The Doctors Company. PCVS is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHC. As a result, PCVS’s location will transition to 1305 Abbot Road, Suite 106, East Lansing, MI 48823 […]