Is a dedicated credentialing specialist cheaper than paying a credentialing service per provider?
One flat rate for the whole roster, not a fee per provider.
For CVOs, billing companies and groups whose roster and enrollments fill a full-time week, one dedicated specialist costs less than per-provider fees; a small practice adding a provider now and then pays less with a per-provider service. A dedicated, full-time credentialing and payer enrollment specialist from Neon Link costs $2,995 a month, month to month, or $2,895 a month on the 6-month plan, with no setup fee and no charge per provider or per application. Working remotely from the Philippines or India on your US business hours, they onboard each new provider, open and follow every Medicare, Medicaid and commercial enrollment until it closes, and keep the whole roster's CAQH attestations, revalidations and expirables current, so adding a provider or a payer does not add a fee.
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What your Linker handles
- Onboard each new provider: collect the documents, build the CAQH ProView profile and open every payer enrollment that provider needs
- Add an existing provider to another payer, or the group to a new plan, as part of the same monthly rate
- File Medicare enrollments on the CMS-855 forms through PECOS, and update NPPES whenever a provider's details change
- Work Medicaid enrollments and revalidations alongside commercial plans, and stay on each application with the payer until it closes
- Keep CAQH attestations current across the whole roster, and get each provider to re-attest before the deadline passes
- Run one expirables calendar for the roster, from state licenses and DEA registrations to malpractice coverage, and start each renewal before it lapses
- Send each application out complete the first time, checked against the payer's list of documents, signatures and forms
- Keep a status line on every open application: the last payer touch, the call reference, the next step and who owes what
- Send the credentialing lead a weekly roster report: enrollments opened, approvals in, renewals coming due and what each provider still owes
We screen for daily work in CAQH ProView, PECOS and NPPES, plus the credentialing platform you run, such as Modio, Verifiable, CredentialStream or symplr. If a finalist has not used yours, you'll know before they start.
How the work is measured
What your Linker is measured on. The targets are set with you in the first week, from your volumes and your hours, and written into your statement of work.
- CAQH attestations and every expirable tracked for every provider on the roster
- Applications checked against each payer's requirements before they go out, measured on how many come back for missing items
- Every open application carrying a current status, a next step and the date of the last payer touch
- A weekly summary of what moved, what is stuck and what is needed from each provider
What a team costs
| Team | Month to month | 6-month plan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Linker | $2,995 | $2,895 |
| 2 Linkers | $5,990 | $5,790 |
| 3 Linkers | $8,985 | $8,685 |
| 4 Linkers | $11,980 | $11,580 |
| 5 Linkers | $14,975 | $14,475 |
| 6 Linkers | $17,970 | $17,370 |
Per month. 40 hours a week per Linker. No setup fee. Prices from our live rate card.
How we vet your Linker
Our recruiting team in the Philippines runs a strict screening and review of every applicant, using a process built by our founder, Dan Betthauser, from twenty years running outsourced operations across the Philippines, Costa Rica and the United States. Every Linker goes through:
- A screen of the application against your role: the work, the software and the experience you need
- A recorded spoken English sample, reviewed by our team
- A practical skills test for your work, scored in our own system
- A live video interview with our recruiting team
- An ID check and a background check: NBI clearance in the Philippines, police clearance in India and Pakistan
- A workspace check before day one: a quiet, private room, wired internet, a backup connection and a plan for power outages
- A signed confidentiality agreement before they see any of your data
- Your own interview with the finalist: nobody starts until you say yes
How it starts
- Step 1Tell us the work: a 15 or 30 minute call with our team, or the sixty second scope on the homepage.
- Step 2Get a written quote at the published rate, held for 30 days.
- Step 3We recruit and screen for your work and your software, and you interview the finalist before they start.
- Step 4Your Linker works your queue on your hours. A Neon Link manager runs the account and answers when you need them.
- Step 5If the fit is wrong in the first 60 days, we swap them at no cost.
A good fit, and not a fit
- CVOs and credentialing teams paying per application while their backlog of enrollments and re-credentialing keeps growing
- Billing companies that onboard new provider clients every month and cannot bill until the enrollments close
- Groups adding providers that want every license, DEA registration and malpractice policy on the roster tracked by one person
- A practice adding a provider or two a year. A credentialing service paid per provider costs less than a full-time person
- Signing or attesting for a provider, or deciding whether a provider is approved. Those stay with the provider, your authorized official and your committee
- CVOs and groups whose delegated credentialing agreements or health plan contracts do not allow provider files to be handled offshore. Check yours before you start
Open roles behind this page
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Questions owners ask
How much does it cost to outsource provider credentialing?
$2,995 a month for one dedicated, full-time person (40 hours a week), month to month, or $2,895 a month on the 6-month plan. There is no setup fee, and pay, equipment and management are inside that one number. For comparison, a US medical records specialist costs about $5,990 a month fully loaded, using the BLS median wage plus employer costs.
What do credentialing services charge per provider?
Outsourced credentialing is usually priced per provider: a one-time fee to enroll each provider and a monthly fee per provider to keep them current. An MGMA article in 2021 put the one-time enrollment fee at $250 per provider at the low end of the range and $600 at the high end, with a monthly fee of $66 per provider at the low end and $129 at the high end. Multiply that by your roster and the enrollments you open each year, and compare it with $2,995 a month for one dedicated person who works them.
Does offshore credentialing staff hurt quality?
It is a fair question, and an MGMA article quoted a practice leader warning about credentialing vendors that use offshore staff. The worry is people who never learn your providers, so a Linker is one dedicated person on your roster, screened for hands-on CAQH ProView, PECOS and payer enrollment work, and you interview the finalist before they start. If the fit is wrong in the first 60 days, we swap them at no cost.
Can one specialist handle enrollments for several provider clients?
Yes. A billing company or CVO can have one Linker work enrollments across several provider clients, each tracked in your platform with its own status and next step. How many providers and open applications one person carries is set with you from your roster and enrollment volume, and you add a second Linker at the same published rate when it outgrows one person.
How is this different from hiring a virtual assistant?
You get one dedicated person who handles your work on your hours, inside your software, and a Neon Link manager runs the account: pay, equipment, replacement if it comes to that, and a phone that gets answered. You never run offshore payroll or manage a freelancer alone. It is not a ticket queue or a 24/7 answering line.
How fast can someone start?
We start recruiting when you say go. You interview the finalist before anyone starts, and the start date is set with you once you pick the person. We would rather take the time to find the right fit than hand you whoever is free.
What if the person is not the right fit?
If the fit is wrong in the first 60 days, we swap them at no cost. After that, if they leave, we recruit the replacement at no charge and manage the handover. Training on your process runs at the normal monthly rate.
Do we have to sign a long contract?
No. Month to month is available on every plan. The 6-month plan trades a longer commitment for a lower monthly rate. A written quote at the published rate is held for 30 days.
Sources: MGMA, Navigating the credentialing gauntlet (2021) (checked Oct 27, 2026).
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