W. Va. Code R. § 64-89-3 - Definitions

3.1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance.

3.2. "Committee" means the uniform credentialing advisory committee established pursuant to W. Va. Code § 16-1A-3.

3.3. "Credentialing" means the process of assessing and validating the qualifications of a health care practitioner, including but not limited to, an evaluation of licensure status, education, training, experience, competence and professional judgment.

3.4. "Health Care Entity" means any of the following that require the submission of credentials data:

3.4.a. A clinic or other health care facility or organization licensed or certified to provide medical or health care services in this state;

3.4.b. A hospital;

3.4.c. A managed care organization;

3.4.d. A third party administrator;

3.4.e. An insurer;

3.4.f. A certified verification organization or any other entity to whom the duties of credentialing or recredentialing have been delegated by another health care entity; and

3.4.g. Any other organization that contracts with health care practitioners for health care services and, in the course of its operations, requires practitioners to provide credentialing information.

3.5. "Health Care Practitioner" means a health care provider who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services, as designated by the secretary and commissioner to be subject to the uniform credentialing and recredentialing forms.

3.6. "Recredentialing" means the process by which a hospital, insurer, managed care organization, third party administrator or other health care entity ensures that a health care practitioner who is currently credentialed continues to meet the health care entity's credentialing criteria.

3.7. "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of health and human resources.

3.8. "Uniform Credentialing Form" means the form developed by the committee to collect the credentials data commonly requested by health care entities for purposes of credentialing.

3.9. "Uniform Recredentialing Form" means the form developed by the committee to collect the credentials data commonly requested by health care entities for purposes of recredentialing.

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W. Va. Code R. § 64-89-3