This post walks through what you actually get back when you hold your own contracts, why credentialing is the part that keeps people stuck, and the sequence we recommend so you can make the move without a gap in income or a disruption for your patients.

Fintech banking platforms cannot produce the voided check or bank letterhead that payer enrollment requires, and for Medicare there is no alternative. Here is what to open instead, and what to ask your branch for.

A new physician cannot bill until they are enrolled with your insurance payers, and much of that enrollment timeline is within your control. Here are the steps that get a provider to billable status, and reimbursement, sooner.

HYOX Medical Treatment Center is building a national hyperbaric oxygen therapy platform, with plans to 10X its footprint in two years. Learn how they built the credentialing backbone on Accel Health and how their operation scales with their team.

Payer enrollment is the longest stage of credentialing. Learn what can be automated, what cannot, and how to get providers in-network and billing faster.

Primary source verification done by hand takes days. Automated PSV verifies licenses, DEA, OIG, SAM, and NPI in minutes. Here is what that changes and why it matters.

The true cost of physician credentialing is more than the vendor invoice. Learn how staff time and lost revenue factor in, and how to calculate your real total.

Credentialing delays cost hospitals $50,000+ per delayed provider and the industry up to $100M a year. Here is the math, why it happens, and how to recover it.

Physician credentialing takes 60 to 90 days on average, but the timeline splits into stages. Here is what each stage takes and where the delays actually come from.

A neutral comparison of the best physician credentialing tools in 2026, including Accel Health, Medallion, Modio, symplr, MedTrainer, Assured, and MD-Staff.

Automated physician credentialing cuts verification from days to minutes and prevents the delays that cost $50K+ per provider. Here's how the math works.

The US faces a physician credentialing crisis. Learn how Accel Health's automation cuts verification time by 85% and gets providers paid faster.

Looking for the best credentialing platform? See how Accel Health automates provider verification, payer enrollment & compliance for any practice size.

Same recruiting team. Smarter technology. Here's how we helped one of the nation's largest staffing firms crack the code on physician recruitment.

Credentialing is hard when you do not have staff to help. Here are the 10 steps solo providers follow to get credentialed and in-network with commercial payers.

Angela Lee has been recruiting physicians since 2007, with extensive experience in both agency and corporate environments. As Director of Talent Acquisition at Millennium Physician Group (MPG), she oversees hiring for one of Florida's largest outpatient physician networks.MPG faced the same recruitment challenges plaguing healthcare organizations nationwide: an aging physician population, urgent hiring needs, and increasingly expensive traditional methods that weren't delivering quality candidates fast enough.When physicians retire with large patient panels, finding replacements becomes critical for continuity of care. But MPG's existing approach was falling short.

My co-founder, Austin Ali, spent a decade as a physician recruiter, watching the same inefficient cycle play out hundreds of times: post a job, wait months for responses, cold-call doctors who didn't want to be bothered, fly to career fairs hoping to meet just one decent candidate.The technology to fix this existed. We could have built intelligent matching algorithms years ago. But healthcare wasn't ready for them.When we started Accel Health in January 2024, the question wasn't whether we could build better recruitment technology - it was whether the healthcare industry had finally reached the point where they'd actually adopt it.And for the first time in decades, the answer was yes.

The statistics paint a stark picture: 1,044,734 licensed physicians nationwide, with an average age of 54 and a quarter already over 65. While medical schools graduate 43,000 new doctors annually, over 100,000 will retire in the next decade. This isn't a temporary staffing challenge—it's a fundamental supply-demand imbalance that will reshape healthcare delivery.

United Digestive (UD), a consortium of gastroenterology private practices, emerged in 2018 as a unified platform to bring together gastroenterology groups across Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. But despite the consolidation of clinical talent, the recruiting infrastructure remained outdated and fragmented. 

Healthcare job searches often feel like solving a mystery. You encounter job listings with no salary information and vague schedule details. Facility descriptions remain unclear, start dates shift unexpectedly, and insights into team culture are limited. This isn't just annoying—it's a waste of your valuable time and energy when you're already stretched thin.

In the competitive and ever-evolving world of healthcare, knowing your salary range is more than just understanding your paycheck—it's about empowering yourself to make informed decisions, advocate for fair compensation, and secure a prosperous future. Many healthcare professionals struggle with compensation negotiations due to lack of industry-specific information. Let's take a closer look at the importance of being informed about your salary range and how it can influence various aspects of your career.

Healthcare recruitment is evolving, and traditional agency models are showing their age. While legacy recruiting firms have been industry staples, their approach often creates unnecessary friction, delays, and costs in the physician recruitment process.The conventional agency model relies heavily on individual recruiters working from limited pools of opportunities, resulting in a disconnected and inefficient marketplace for both healthcare facilities and physicians seeking new positions.

The transition from medical residency to your first attending position is a critical career milestone that can shape your professional trajectory for years to come. With the average physician receiving multiple job offers and spending 3-6 months in the search process, having a strategic approach is essential.

As a healthcare provider seeking to work in the United States, navigating the visa process is complex, especially with different types of visas and specific requirements. This post breaks down the primary visa options available to healthcare professionals, key differences between them, and essential considerations to ensure a smooth journey toward practicing in the U.S.

Negotiating your first physician contract after residency is a crucial step in your career. Key areas to focus on include understanding the compensation structure, which can vary from guaranteed salaries to performance-based models. In addition to salary, negotiate benefits such as sign-on bonuses, malpractice insurance, and student loan reimbursement. Research regional salary standards to ensure fair compensation.