The Credentialing Resource Center’s annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry. The 2020 edition features new and improved questions and response options, developed with input from MSPs working in credentialing environments ranging from acute care hospitals and ambulatory centers to CVOs and health plans.

Click here to take the 2020 MSP Salary Survey today to make sure your professional experiences are represented. The more responses we have, the more meaningful (and actionable) the data will be in the special reports we release for both CRC members and non-members.

Beyond receiving copies of the reports, to show our thanks for taking the survey, we will select one person at random to recieve free on-demand access to the 2020 Credentialing Resource Center Virtual Event.

Convinced? Click the following link to take the 2020 MSP Salary Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KFCBM6L.

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in support of the expansion of telemedicine services, particularly in rural areas. This order makes permanent the increased offering of telemedicine services necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Turnaround times are critical. Everybody wants to know: Where is the information? What’s the hang-up in the process? Being able to definitively show that is critical, but also when you're talking about primary source verification, what are the elements that are taking so long to have returns? From a managed care perspective, you may or may not be capturing references.

Last year set the record for the number of fatal drug overdoses in the United States. According to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 71,000 people across the country died of a drug overdose in 2019 alone. Additionally, between 1998 and 2018, nearly 450,000 people died of an opioid overdose, approximately 47,000 of whom died in 2018.

Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) are state databases that track prescriptions for controlled substances. Both prescribers and pharmacists have access to PDMPs; in fact, pharmacists are required to enter filled prescriptions into PDMPs prior to dispensing, and in some states, physicians must consult the PDMP prior to prescribing certain controlled substances.