Therapist/Behavioral Health

Step One: Nevada Licensure

Point of Contact for Step 1: It is highly recommended that you work closely with the licensure specialists at the various State Boards through your licensure application and review processes. In addition, please ensure you keep both Medical Staff Services and your Practice Site Leader and/or Area Practice Manager updated as you progress through this step.

Part One: Nevada Licensure Application

Submit Initial Application within 14 days of receiving your Provider Onboarding Guide.

State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage & Family Therapists

Step Two: Nevada Standardized Credentialing Application (Medical Staff)

Point of Contact: Medical Staff Services | Renown Health

New Provider Credentialing Checklist - Physician

Pre-Application Portal - Submit by the date included on your Provider Onboarding Guide.

The Pre-Application Portal will assist Renown Medical Staff Services in providing you with the most appropriate set of instructions, application, and privileging criteria (if applicable). Please refer to the Provider Onboarding Guide for specialty-specific information that needs to be included in your Pre-Application Portal Submission.

Credentialing Application

You will receive multiple emails from the Renown Medical Staff Services team; separate emails are sent for security purposes. Use the password you receive to access the MSOW Portal and complete the online Nevada Standardized Credentialing Application within 14 days. Please upload all available supporting documents listed in the New Provider Credentialing Checklist with your completed Credentialing Application. Once Medical Staff Services completes the initial review of your submitted Credentialing Application, you will receive an email with a list of outstanding (missing) items that need to be provided as they become available in order for your file to be completed. Please submit these items to Medical Staff Services via email as they become available; you will not be able to go back into the Credentialing Application portal to upload items once you have formally submitted your Credentialing Application.

Primary Source Verification (PSV) & Hospital Privileges

Medical Staff will initiate Primary Source Verification for your file if your role requires Hospital Privileges. You must have an active NV state license, active DEA (DEA must be unrestricted, but can registered in any state), and PSV must be complete for your file in order to be placed on a monthly committee agenda. Please note the month your file will need to go to Medical Staff Committee for final review in order to maintain your current start date; this month is included in your Provider Onboarding Guide.

Provider Enrollment & Payor Applications

Medical Staff Services will share your completed Credentialing Application with Provider Enrollment to begin working on preparing your Payor Applications for the various insurance panels you will need to be credentialed with. Please be aware you will receive a separate email from a Provider Enrollment Coordinator with your Payor Applications once they are ready for your review and signature. Your Payor Applications cannot be submitted by Provider Enrollment until you have an active NV state license, CS and NV DEA. If you are a Psychologist or Therapist, only a NV license is required. To maintain your start date from a credentialing perspective, your payor applications must be submitted a minimum of 30 days prior to your start date.

Medicare Enrollment and NPPES Update

Please click the “Medicare Enrollment” link and follow instructions to assist our Payor enrollment Team manage your Medicare Enrollment process and update your NPI Registry. We use a surrogacy process (others appointed to act on your behalf) to manage your Medicare enrollment(s) and NPPES information using staff usernames and passwords. We maintain confidentiality keeping usernames and passwords private.

Step Three: HR Onboarding

Point of Contact: Provider Recruiter/Provider Onboarding Specialist

Please review the New Provider HR Checklist which contains important instructions for HR items to complete before and after your start date.

Internal Transfers:

• New Provider HR Checklist Modifications: If you are a current Renown employee transferring from a non-provider role into a provider role, you will only need to complete the New Provider Paperwork outlined in Step 1 and Step 5 under the items to complete before your start date. Additionally, you do not need to complete any steps under items to complete after your start date.
• Please note, your new operational leader will provide you with a copy of your provider onboarding/training schedule a minimum of 1 week prior to your transfer date.
• You should also advise your current leader of your anticipated transfer date.
  
   

Step Four: UNR Med Joint Faculty Application

Point of Contact UNR Med Office of Community Facility

As a Provider with Renown Medical Group, we ask that you apply for Joint Faculty appointment with UNR Med through the UNR Med Office for Community Faculty.

Please review the Joint Faculty Application Cover Sheet/Application following the provided instructions to submit your application. For questions, please contact their office directly or your Recruiter.