Credentialing & Payer Enrollment

Credentialing Without the Guesswork

You became a therapist to help people — not to spend your evenings chasing insurance companies, updating CAQH, tracking applications, and wondering whether a payer ever received your paperwork.

DAK Consulting Studio provides done-for-you credentialing and payer enrollment management for solo therapists and behavioral health group practices.

From your first application through ongoing maintenance, I help keep the process organized, moving, and off your plate.

You take care of your patients. I’ll help you build the practice.

Credentialing Services

DAK can support:

  • ✓Initial insurance credentialing
  • ✓Payer enrollment
  • ✓Adding clinicians to group contracts
  • ✓CAQH setup and maintenance
  • ✓Recredentialing
  • ✓Provider demographic updates
  • ✓Group roster updates
  • ✓Application tracking
  • ✓Insurance company follow-up
  • ✓Credentialing document organization
  • ✓Ongoing credentialing maintenance

Solo Therapist Credentialing

Best for independent therapists who want help getting paneled without managing every application and follow-up themselves.

1 Payer

$250

Includes:

  • Application preparation and submission
  • Required document review
  • Application tracking
  • Payer follow-up
  • Status updates through completion

3 Payers

$650

Includes:

  • Credentialing with up to 3 insurance payers
  • Application preparation and submission
  • Document review
  • Tracking and payer follow-up
  • Status updates

5 Payers

$950

Includes:

  • Credentialing with up to 5 insurance payers
  • Application preparation and submission
  • Document review
  • Tracking
  • Payer follow-up
  • Status updates

Full Credentialing Setup

Starting at $1,100

Ideal for clinicians who are starting from the beginning or need their credentialing foundation cleaned up before applying.

May include:

  • CAQH setup or cleanup
  • NPI information review
  • Credentialing document organization
  • Up to 5 payer applications
  • Application tracking
  • Insurance company follow-up
  • Credentialing status updates

Group Practice Credentialing

Adding clinicians to a group practice creates another layer of credentialing work.

DAK can manage provider enrollment, payer follow-up, roster updates, and credentialing tracking so your internal team does not have to build the process from scratch.

New Provider Enrollment

$200–$300 per payer, per provider

Pricing depends on the payer, current group contracts, and complexity of the enrollment.

Multi-Provider Credentialing Projects

Starting at $1,500

Recommended for:

  • Growing group practices
  • Multiple new clinicians
  • New group enrollments
  • Provider roster cleanup
  • Credentialing backlogs
  • Practices transitioning credentialing away from the owner

Custom pricing is provided based on the number of providers and payers involved.

Ongoing Credentialing Management

Credentialing does not end when the application is approved.

Provider information changes. CAQH needs maintenance. Recredentialing deadlines arrive. New clinicians join the practice. Payers request updates.

DAK can continue managing those details for you.

Solo Provider

$175–$250/month

May include:

  • CAQH maintenance
  • Recredentialing tracking
  • Demographic updates
  • Payer communication
  • Credentialing record maintenance
  • Periodic credentialing review

Group Practice

Starting at $125–$200 per provider/month

Group management may include:

  • CAQH maintenance
  • New provider tracking
  • Group roster management
  • Payer updates
  • Recredentialing
  • Demographic changes
  • Credentialing documentation
  • Ongoing payer follow-up
  • Credentialing status reporting

Higher-touch credentialing management may be priced at $300+ per provider/month depending on the level of support required.

Why Work With DAK?

Credentialing is not just paperwork.

When it is poorly managed, it can delay revenue, create billing problems, complicate hiring, and leave practice owners spending hours tracking information that should have a clear system behind it.

DAK combines credentialing support with an understanding of how behavioral health practices actually operate.

That means the goal is not only to submit the application.

The goal is to help create a credentialing process that is organized, trackable, and sustainable.

What to Expect

  1. Step 1

    Credentialing Review

    We identify your current credentialing status, desired payers, outstanding documents, and any existing issues.

  2. Step 2

    Document Preparation

    DAK organizes and reviews the information needed for enrollment.

  3. Step 3

    Applications & Enrollment

    Applications are prepared and submitted to the selected payers.

  4. Step 4

    Tracking & Follow-Up

    DAK tracks progress and follows up with insurance companies as needed.

  5. Step 5

    Ongoing Maintenance

    For clients who choose ongoing credentialing management, DAK continues monitoring updates, recredentialing, and provider information.

Ready to Get Credentialing Off Your Plate?

Whether you are credentialing your first private practice or managing enrollment for a growing team, DAK can help you build a cleaner process.

You don’t need another planner. You need a plan.