N.Y. Public Health Law § 2996 – Study of physician credentialing

1. The department shall examine the feasibility of establishing a clearinghouse for credentialing information to reduce the burden for physicians required to submit credentials to entities licensed and regulated by the state. As part of such examination, the department shall:
1. (a) examine the efficacy of the credentialing process prescribed by section twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter;
2. (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;
3. (c) identify the most appropriate entity to administer such a clearinghouse, and verify collected credential information; and
4. (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.