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Leadership at Allina Health, a large Minneapolis-based healthcare system operating 11 hospitals and more than 90 clinics across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, saw the need to launch its own credentials verifications organization (CVO) to improve efficiency in reviewing and approving prospective physician applications.

The Hardenbergh Group, the leading provider of temporary staffing and consulting solutions for medical staff services, credentialing, and provider enrollment, today announced that it has acquired MDReview, the leading provider of external physician peer review services for hospitals and health systems throughout the United States.

Your Director of Medical Staff Services just resigned. A credentialing specialist is heading out on maternity leave. Your hospital is going through a merger or acquisition or perhaps your department is struggling with an unusually heavy workload.

How do you know if you are ready to take that plunge of leaving a secure 9-to-5 job and embark on a new career as an independent consultant or contractor in medical staff services and/or credentialing?

There are two kinds of people in life: those who take action and those who wait for direction. Which one are you? Most likely, at this moment you are validating to yourself that you are a person who takes action, a go-getter, a person who takes charge when or if needed.