Senior Credentialing Specialist
Senior Credentialing Specialist - US Healthcare
Company: The Inventor Solutions
Location: Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Job Type: Full-Time | On-Site | Night Shift
Department: Healthcare Operations/Revenue Cycle Management
About the Role
The Inventor Solutions is looking for an experienced Senior Credentialing Specialist to manage end-to-end provider credentialing, re-credentialing, payer enrollment, and provider data maintenance for our U.S.-based healthcare clients.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience working with physicians, individual providers, group practices, healthcare facilities, Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance payers, CAQH, NPPES, and PECOS.
This is a senior-level position requiring independent ownership of credentialing cases, strong payer follow-up, problem-solving ability, and the capability to manage multiple providers and enrollment processes simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage complete provider credentialing and re-credentialing processes from initiation through approval.
- Handle enrollment of physicians and healthcare providers with Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance payers.
- Manage individual provider, group practice, and facility-related credentialing and enrollment processes.
- Create, maintain, update, and attest provider profiles in CAQH.
- Manage provider information, NPI records, taxonomy codes, and updates through NPPES.
- Handle Medicare enrollments, reassignments, changes, and updates through PECOS.
- Process new provider enrollments, provider additions, group affiliations, location additions, demographic changes, and terminations.
- Track credentialing and enrollment applications from submission through payer approval and effective date.
- Conduct timely and consistent follow-ups with insurance companies and payer representatives.
- Resolve application deficiencies, credentialing delays, payer discrepancies, and enrollment-related issues.
- Verify and maintain provider documentation including:
- State licenses
- DEA registrations
- Board certifications
- Malpractice insurance
- Education and training records
- Work history
- Hospital affiliations
- Other payer-required documentation
- Monitor expiration dates and ensure licenses, certifications, and credentials remain current.
- Maintain accurate credentialing trackers, payer records, application statuses, effective dates, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate with providers, practice managers, billing teams, payer representatives, and internal operations teams.
- Support payer contracting and network participation processes where required.
- Handle provider roster updates and payer demographic maintenance.
- Identify credentialing gaps that may impact claims submission, reimbursement, or provider participation.
- Prepare credentialing status reports for management and clients.
- Escalate high-risk or significantly delayed applications and recommend appropriate corrective action.
- Review credentialing work for accuracy and completeness before submission.
- Provide guidance and support to junior credentialing team members where required.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in U.S. healthcare credentialing and provider enrollment.
- Strong working knowledge of:
- CAQH
- NPPES
- PECOS
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Commercial insurance payer portals
- Experience credentialing physicians and healthcare providers within the U.S. healthcare system.
- Strong understanding of individual, group, and multi-location provider enrollment.
- Experience managing credentialing cases independently from initiation to completion.
- Experience communicating directly with U.S. insurance companies and payer representatives.
- Good understanding of NPI, taxonomy, provider affiliations, group reassignment, payer enrollment, and effective-date management.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple providers, applications, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and web-based healthcare systems.
Preferred Experience
Preference will be given to candidates with experience in:
- Multi-specialty medical practices
- Physician and advanced practice provider credentialing
- Group and facility enrollments
- Medicare and Medicaid enrollment
- Commercial payer credentialing
- Multi-state provider credentialing
- Payer contracting and network participation
- Provider roster management
- Credentialing audits and compliance
- Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)
- Training or supervising junior credentialing staff
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a professional who can take ownership of credentialing operations, rather than simply process applications.
The successful candidate should be:
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Strong in payer communication and follow-up
- Capable of independently resolving complex credentialing issues
- Proactive in identifying enrollment risks and delays
- Comfortable managing a high volume of credentialing cases
- Accountable for timelines, accuracy, and application completion
- Professional when communicating with U.S.-based providers, clients, and insurance representatives
- Capable of guiding junior credentialing resources when required
Why Join The Inventor Solutions?
The Inventor Solutions works with U.S.-based healthcare organizations across various specialties, providing healthcare operations and Revenue Cycle Management support.
As a Senior Credentialing Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work across different provider types, payers, specialties, and healthcare organizations while developing deeper expertise in the U.S. healthcare ecosystem.
We offer a professional, growth-focused environment with opportunities for career progression, leadership responsibilities, learning, and performance recognition.
Apply now to join The Inventor Solutions as a Senior Credentialing Specialist and become a key part of our growing U.S. Healthcare Operations team.
