The Secretary and Insurance Commissioner shall assure that:
(1) Any contract executed with a credentialing verification organization shall be for an initial contract period of at least three years, subject to renewals, and the Secretary and Insurance Commissioner shall, in consultation with the advisory committee, periodically review the statewide credentialing verification organization's operations no less often than prior to every renewal.
(2) A credentialing verification organization selected pursuant to this article must, at a minimum, be certified by the national committee for quality assurance, be able to demonstrate compliance with the joint commission's standards for credentialing and with all federal and state credentialing regulations, and maintain an errors and omissions insurance policy in amounts deemed to be adequate by the Secretary and Insurance Commissioner.
(3) Preference shall be given to credentialing verification organizations organized within the State of West Virginia.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 1A. Uniform Credentialing for Health Care Practitioners
§16-1A-1. Legislative Findings; Purpose
§16-1A-2. Development of Uniform Credentialing Application Forms and the Credentialing Process
§16-1A-5. Credentialing Verification Organization
§16-1A-6. Contract With Statewide Credentialing Verification Organization; Requirements
§16-1A-7. Verification Process; Suspension of Requirements
§16-1A-8. Release and Uses of Information Collected; Confidentiality