AdvaMed Leads Multi-Group Endorsement Of Vendor Credentialing Standards
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
AdvaMed hopes a proposal it released last week with 10 other health care groups will advance a dialogue to promote national harmonization for credentialing company sales representatives to work within clinical settings.
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