Credentialing Specialist

Bridge; United States; On-site; USD 41,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridge is a fast-growing digital health platform enabling nationwide in-network care through efficient payer contracting, credentialing, and enrollment support. The Credentialing Specialist will own provider credentialing processes, ensure accuracy, and drive compliant workflows in a contract role.

The role emphasizes data integrity, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement of credentialing throughput using modern tools. Remote or flexible arrangements may vary by client needs.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of credentialing experience in a high-volume environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication; coordinating across stakeholders.
• Proficiency with startup tech stacks and CRM systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end provider credentialing from intake to committee-ready files.
• Maintain data integrity across systems; track licenses, certifications, expirables.
• Improve throughput via digital tools; monitor NCQA, CMS, CAQH policy changes.
• Collaborate with payer enrollment and partner operations teams.
• Support partner/provider communication; draft updates and coordinate stakeholders.
• QA credentialing files against internal rubrics and NCQA standards.

Skills

Communication

Detail-oriented

Stakeholder coordination

Data integrity

Tools

Google Workspace

Notion

Slack

Salesforce

CRM platforms

Job description

Reports to: Lead Credentialing Specialist

Type: 1099 Contract

About Bridge:

Bridge is the fastest, most compliant way to scale insurance billing nationwide. We enable virtual care companies to go in-network nationally in as little as 30 days without the operational lift. Our platform handles payer contracting, credentialing, real-time benefit verification, medical coding, claim submission, denial management, and compliance in a single integrated solution. Backed by leading investors including General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Greenoaks, and Mischief, we're scaling rapidly.

The Role:

The Credentialing Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of provider credentialing processes within a growing digital health environment. This contract position is responsible for managing provider credentialing, enrollment, and re-credentialing with health plans, regulatory bodies, and partner organizations. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of credentialing best practices, compliance requirements, and digital tools to streamline workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end provider credentialing from intake through committee-ready files, completing PSV and ensuring compliance with NCQA standards and internal policy.
• Maintain data integrity across systems by proactively reconciling discrepancies and tracking licenses, certifications, training, and expirables to keep records audit-ready.
• Continuously improve throughput and quality by leveraging digital tools and automation and staying current on NCQA, CMS, CAQH, and payer policy changes.
• Collaborate across payer enrollment and partner operations teams to streamline handoffs, solve problems quickly, and build repeatable processes that improve enrollment speed and quality.
• Support partner and provider communication by helping unblock complex escalations, drafting crisp updates, and coordinating internal and external stakeholders as needed.
• Conduct QA on credentialing files against internal rubrics and NCQA standards before committee submission, identifying and resolving discrepancies, time gaps, and red flags.

Qualifications:

• 2–5+ years of credentialing experience in a high-volume, fast-paced environment (digital health, MSO, or healthcare operations).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and comfortable (and confident) coordinating across internal and external stakeholders, translating complex credentialing issues into clear updates, next steps, and expectations.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and able to manage a large queue of credentialing files across multiple and partners without dropping balls.
• Proficiency in startup tech stack (Google Workspace, Notion, Slack, etc…). Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM/credentialing platforms (Verifiable, Medallion, or similar) preferred.
• Experience with digital process optimization is a plus, along with a strong understanding of NCQA, CAQH, and/or experience using credentialing software such as Verifiable, Medallion, Andros, CertifyOS, or similar.

Why Bridge?

• Be a foundational member of a company revolutionizing how clinics interact with insurance; partnering directly with clinic leaders.
• Direct impact on patient access, clinic sustainability, and affordability of care.
• Strong support from leadership; a culture that values experimentation, clarity, and doing the hard stuff right.