Cred Guide
Get credentialed yourself — and keep the credentialing-service fee
A guided, do-it-yourself credentialing tracker for Texas behavioral-health clinicians: the exact order to go in — NPI, CAQH, Texas Medicaid, Medicare, then the commercial payers — with every payer's forms, phone numbers, and timelines, plus reminders so a lapse never stalls you.
Cred Guide
Credentialing services cost thousands — or you do it blind
Credentialing companies charge hundreds per payer, or a few thousand to run the whole panel — and you still hand them everything. Do it yourself and you're guessing the order, hunting portal links, and hoping you didn't miss a CAQH re-attestation that quietly froze your application.
The whole credentialing map, in the right order
Cred Guide walks you from your NPI to getting paid: a twelve-step roadmap that unlocks in order, a master-document checklist you assemble once and reuse, and a card for every payer worth joining in Texas — each with how to apply, the exact forms, the phone number, the typical timeline, and how you get paid. Set the dates on each application and a clean timeline shows exactly when you sent the complete packet and where it stands. Reminders fire before CAQH lapses (every 120 days), before a recredentialing window opens, and before your license, DEA, or malpractice expires.
Cred Guide is educational guidance and recommendations only — not official instructions, and not affiliated with or endorsed by any payer. Forms, links, phone numbers, and timelines change often; always verify each step directly with the payer.
- A guided step-by-step: NPI → CAQH → Texas Medicaid (TMHP) → Medicare → commercial payers.
- A card per payer — forms, portal link, phone, required info, timeline, and how you get paid (EFT/ERA).
- A dated milestone timeline per payer — see exactly when you sent the complete application and where it stands.
- CAQH 120-day re-attestation and 3-year recredentialing reminders, plus license, DEA, and malpractice expiry alerts.
- Skip the credentialing-service fee — do it yourself with a map instead of guesswork.
Cred Guide
From your NPI to getting paid — without the guesswork
Build your foundation
Follow the roadmap to your NPI, your CAQH profile, and your master document checklist — the pieces every payer reuses.
Work each payer
Open a payer to see how to apply, its forms and phone, then set your dates as you go — the timeline keeps every application honest.
Never lapse
Add your license, DEA, malpractice, and CAQH dates once; Cred Guide reminds you before any renewal or recredentialing is due.
Credential yourself — keep the fee
Start free and get the whole credentialing map: the order, the forms, the phones, and the reminders — no credentialing service required.
30 days free. No charges until your trial ends.