N.Y. Public Health Law § 2996: Study of physician credentialing

§ 2996. Study of physician credentialing. 1. The department shall

examine the feasibility of establishing a clearinghouse for

credentialing information to reduce the burden for physicians required

to submit credentials to entities licensed and regulated by the state.

As part of such examination, the department shall:

(a) examine the efficacy of the credentialing process prescribed by

section twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter;

(b) determine which methods of organizing such a clearinghouse with

standardized data in a standardized format will provide the greatest

usability and convenience to health care providers and health care

plans;

(c) identify the most appropriate entity to administer such a

clearinghouse, and verify collected credential information; and

(d) identify safeguards to protect the privacy of providers

participating in such a credentialing system.

2. The department shall provide a report of its findings and

recommendations to the governor and legislature within eighteen months

of the effective date of this section.