Enter the The Affordable Care Act. With section 6201 of this law, the states are being encouraged, and eventually mandated, to create and implement credentialing and background check policies that will require greater scrutiny of the direct care workforce, those who have immediate contact with patients and provide 80% of long-term care services.Consumers will benefit tremendously because these best practices will satisfy their greatest unmet need - locating and hiring competent and trustworthy care for themselves and their loved ones. So where does CredentialedCARE see the business opportunities? In 3 ways:
Increasing Trust, Growing Revenues and Reducing Costs in Long Term Care
The elderly and disabled are vulnerable to fraud and abuse by those entrusted to their care. Most states have implemented regulations to conduct background checks and other database checks to reduce the risk of these events and this has lead to a very complex and fragmented system that has done little to protect these patients.
