In February 2012, a group of industry stakeholders with concerns about the increasing complexity of vendor access requirements began meeting to discuss compliance best practices. In 2013, the Coalition for Best Practices in Healthcare Industry Representative Requirements was formed.
Building on the work of the Coalition, the group became C4UHC in 2016 with a specific focus of establishing consistent credentialing processes for health care industry representatives (HCIR) and to translate those processes into data standards. This effort resulted in the Joint Recommendations for HCIR Credentialing Best Practices. Achieving success through the participation of a wide variety of healthcare industry stakeholders, the first American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards for Supplier Credentialing were published in 2019.
In 2020, the C4UHC became a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade organization and accelerated its compliance and educational efforts for new challenges in the marketplace due to COVID-19. As a result, revised ANSI Standards for Supplier Credentialing were published in February 2021 and now include provisions for personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical testing in a pandemic environment.
C4UHC launches Executive Director Blog series
Sharon Gleason Jenkins has been selected as Executive Director, beginning March 8, 2022
C4UHC Provides New RFP Toolkit To Help Healthcare Providers
C4UHC Website Wins 2021 MarCom Gold Creative Award
C4UHC Launches New Website
MITA updates the NEMA/ANSI SC 1-2020 Standard
Supplier Credentialing in Healthcare to address pandemic-related challenges:
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
C4UHC becomes a member of American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
C4UHC begins a rebranding process
C4UHC partners with NEMA/MITA
To update the 2019 American National Standard for Supplier Credentialing in Healthcare to include appropriate PPE use in healthcare provider facilities due to COVID-19 challenges: Press release
C4UHC becomes a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit legal entity.
C4UHC retains M.A. Kaufman Consultants as executive director
Credentialing Verification Letter and Medical Verification Templates
Are updated to support the ANSI Standards for Supplier Credentialing.
C4UHC announces certification
Of the SC 1-2019 ANSI Standards for Supplier Credentialing: Press release
C4UHC cross-functional body begins working to create industry standards.
C4UHC Fall Summit held in Chicago, IL.
Results of the Summit: Press release
C4UHC plans its first Vendor Credentialing Summit
Read the Press release
Credentialing Verification Letter and Medical Verification Templates
Are created to help standardize documentation across the industry where possible.
C4UHC issues a request for proposal (RFP)
To invite vendors to partner with C4UHC to create a standardized, open, and interoperable individual and company credentialing solution. To answer any questions related to the RFP, C4UHC conducts an anonymous bidder’s conference: read RFP
The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
Posts an article about the Consortium’s efforts.
Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) hosts a SMI2U Webinar
Featuring C4UHC leaders in a presentation titled: Achieving Standardized and Interoperable Credentialing and How You Can Help.
