rural healthcare

5 healthcare credentialing challenges this recruiting platform solves for rural facilities

Overconfidence in credentialing processes can easily lead to $50k-$100k lost monthly billings per provider; Healthcare Workforce Management addresses the blind spots and prevents revenue leakage Time is money, especially when it comes to recruiting and onboarding new providers in healthcare. While most businesses can hire new staff and put them to work right away, that’s not true in healthcare. Healthcare employers need to ensure providers are properly credentialed before they can see patients. Credentialing isn’t just about licenses to practice medicine. Those things are important and required, but so too is payer credentialing. Newly hired providers can’t even see patients until they are credentialed, let alone bill for providing those services. Health insurance companies each have their own unique processes for credentialing – and it takes time. Many say too much time. However, this means healthcare facilities and rural hospitals must have their processes fine-tuned, or risk adding to the […]

In a boost to rural healthcare, Intelliworx adds generative AI to its healthcare recruiting platform to help attract providers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pragmatic approach to artificial intelligence aims to augment human resources, enabling rural healthcare to compete more effectively amid the shortage of healthcare providers Williamsburg, VA –January 29, 2025 – Intelliworx announced today it has added generative AI to its healthcare recruiting platform, Healthcare Workforce Management. The new feature assists human resources and recruiters in drafting job descriptions with key requirements such as education, experience, certifications and licenses. Healthcare employers benefit by generating more complete, compelling and tailored job descriptions to attract the best provider candidates. “The use case for this implementation of generative AI can be summarized as ‘further and faster’ with the same resources,” says Mark Bates, vice president of product management for Intelliworx. “It’s an elegantly simple implementation that provides a recruiter or HR manager with a first draft that is 80-90% complete at the click of a button.” Many healthcare employers keep a library […]

1-in-4 healthcare organizations experience as much as $1 million (or more) annually in lost billings due to credentialing issues

Lost billings: The financial impact of provider credentialing process in healthcare

New survey finds one in four healthcare organizations experience as much as $1 million (or more) annually in lost billings due to credentialing Healthcare organizations report completing provider credentialing faster than in prior years and expressed confidence in their processes. Even so, more than one-third of respondents experience lost billings as a result of credentialing challenges. That’s according to a new survey we commissioned of human resources, operations and finance professionals working for U.S. healthcare organizations. More than four in 10 (43%) of respondents said their organization experiences $50,000 or more in lost billings every month as a result of credentialing issues. Further, one in four (25%), experience lost billings to the tune of $100,000 a month or more. When considering the impact on a yearly basis, those losses in monthly billing quickly add up to seven figures. The contrast between the confidence expressed in the process and the financial […]

Finding providers: 9 healthcare recruiting statistics that sum up 2025

Filling one physician vacancy: 93 days and $16,000 on average; credentialing adds another 3-4 months before providers can see patients We spend a lot of time perusing healthcare industry surveys and reports. We especially pay attention to healthcare recruiting and retention in rural areas. The thinking is simple: it keeps us informed of the challenges our prospective customers face, and by publishing what we find, we’re curating a library of helpful statistics (stay informed: subscribe by email – we will never sell your information). We easily reviewed a couple of dozen studies this year. Here’s a look back as some of the healthcare statistics about recruiting providers that do well to summarize 2025. Stay in touch by subscribing to our email newsletter. We will never share or sell your email address. 1. PCPs earned $300,000; APPs earned $120,000 A benchmark report from MGMA found compensation continues to grow […]

Search trends: Which healthcare employers are searching for providers?

Not all healthcare employers are putting the same emphasis on recruiting searches for providers; hospital hiring is hampered by a “prevailing mood of uncertainty” Despite the shortage of providers in healthcare, not all organizations are placing the same earnestness in recruiting additional help. That’s one of the more surprising observations from the annual review of provider searches by AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins). The company provides staffing solutions, among other services, for healthcare organizations. Every year it compiles data from its searches to produce reports. This year AMN published its 32nd edition based on more than 1,400 searches during a 12-month period ending March 31, 2025. While every healthcare employer seemingly needs additional staff, some categories are noticeably more active than others. We previously covered some of the quantitative healthcare provider compensation benchmarks. In this post, we’re looking at search trends by the type of healthcare employer segmented in the […]

7 actionable steps rural healthcare can take to attract providers besides compensation

Following these practical ideas for attracting and retaining providers is essential; the competitive landscape for provider talent has never been more challenging and is forecasted to remain that way for the foreseeable future by Intelliworx A recent survey of more than 700 doctors and advanced practice providers (APPs), such as nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), put a notable twist on provider compensation: it’s not all about money. The survey found that while compensation is clearly an important factor in recruiting, there are a number of non-monetary factors that providers find persuasive. This finding isn’t an isolated example either. We’ve highlighted a wide range of credible statistics that suggest a career in medicine is still a calling. This could well be an opportunity for rural healthcare. While healthcare is adding jobs faster than the economy, many rural facilities face financial pressures that strain their ability to match their urban […]

Compensation alone is not enough to attract and retain healthcare providers [study]

Survey of 730 clinicians shows factors other than compensation, such as autonomy, flexibility, and culture, are untapped competitive advantages employers should use to attract and retain talent Conventional economics tells us that when demand outpaces supply, prices rise. That’s precisely what’s happening in the market for healthcare talent. The prolonged shortage of healthcare talent is driving up the average provider compensation. While this affects every healthcare employer, it’s especially challenging for rural healthcare to address because they don’t have the volume of patients to make up the margin. This means competing on compensation is a tough sell. Yet a new survey of 730 clinicians, including physicians and advanced practice providers (APP), suggests employers may not need to try. The findings were detailed in a new report titled, Survey insights: What to know about the clinician workforce today. The report summarized the findings this way: “Meet the market on compensation. Outperform […]

Four Effective Strategies for Recruiting Healthcare Providers to Rural Communities (3RNET)

Rural healthcare facilities face mounting financial and staffing challenges. With high operating costs, older patient populations, and increasing competition for medical talent, these facilities struggle to attract and retain providers. Simply matching metropolitan salaries is not enough. Recruiting success depends on appealing to providers’ deeper motivations. By highlighting the sense of purpose, lifestyle benefits, and community impact unique to rural practice, organizations can reposition themselves as meaningful alternatives to urban healthcare settings. To strengthen recruitment efforts, facilities must go beyond financial incentives and adopt a holistic approach. This means positioning rural healthcare as both a personal and professional calling, crafting authentic messaging about lifestyle and professional benefits, timing recruitment strategically with vacancy management, and implementing targeted tactics through both in-house and external channels. Long-term investments, such as rural residency programs, leadership development, and ambassador initiatives, help create a sustainable pipeline of providers who view rural practice not as a compromise […]

Intelliworx to Exhibit Healthcare Recruiting Software Solution, Designed for Rural Health, at 3RNET Annual Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Annual conference brings together healthcare providers and professionals dedicated to solving the challenges of rural healthcare recruitment and retention Williamsburg, VA – August 21, 2025 – Intelliworx announced today it will exhibit at the 3RNET Annual Conference, held on August 26-27, 2025, in Reno, Nevada. The conference brings together healthcare professionals from business, government and academia to focus on solving the challenges of recruiting and retaining providers in underserved areas. “There’s been a shortage of providers across all of healthcare for a while now, but this problem hits rural healthcare communities even harder,” said Intelliworx Sales Director Patrick Youngblood, DBA, SPHR. “Medical students tend to stay in metropolitan areas where they trained, which leaves rural areas with a smaller pool of candidates – and it’s happening at a time when rural physicians are retiring at a rate faster than they can be replaced.” While Intelliworx is better […]

10 ways HWM helps rural healthcare recruiting shorten time-to-fill

Purpose-built software suite helps rural recruiters streamline every step of the process – from identifying ideal candidates to credentialing – reducing the time, costs, and administrative burden of healthcare recruiting by Intelliworx One of the keys to overcoming adversity is to focus on the things you can control. What may sound like personal development advice also fits well in a business setting. The challenge facing rural healthcare recruiters is a good example. The shortage of provider talent, while affecting the entire healthcare sector, has hit rural healthcare especially hard. Healthcare recruiters can’t control the availability of the talent pool, but they can improve the recruiting process to be in a better position to make an offer when the opportunity permits. That’s the central thesis behind our Healthcare Workforce Management (HWM) solution. We discovered this business pain through our work with the Healthcare Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), which is managed by the […]

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