2996 - Study of Physician Credentialing.

NY Pub Health L § 2996 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.