A physician credentialing passport is a verified, portable record of a physician's credentials — licenses, certifications, DEA registration, malpractice history, and training records — that has been authenticated once and can be recognized at multiple facilities without requiring the physician to re-submit the same documentation each time.
SANNEXUS built the first national physician credentialing passport in the United States.
The Traditional Credentialing Problem
Every time a physician wants to work at a new hospital or physician group, that facility must verify their credentials from scratch. This means:
- Requesting and re-reviewing medical school transcripts
- Contacting each state licensing board to verify licensure
- Validating DEA registration
- Reviewing malpractice history and peer references
- Completing facility-specific bylaw compliance checks
This process takes 90 to 180 days on average. During that time, the physician cannot see patients at that facility — and the facility cannot fill its staffing gap.
For locum tenens physicians who work at multiple facilities, this delay compounds. Every new assignment triggers a new credentialing cycle from scratch.
What Makes a Credentialing Passport Different
A physician credentialing passport changes the model from verify everything each time to verify once, use everywhere.
The passport is a centralized, authenticated credential record that contains all the documentation a facility needs to credential a physician. When a physician joins a new facility in the SANNEXUS network, the facility receives the passport instead of requesting documentation individually from every source.
The result: time-to-first-clinical-shift drops from 90–180 days to 1–2 weeks.
What the SANNEXUS Physician Passport Contains
Each SANNEXUS physician passport is built from NPI-verified data and direct-source verification:
Identity and Licensure
- National Provider Identifier (NPI)
- Medical school and residency documentation
- All active state medical licenses (with expiration dates)
- IMLC Interstate Medical Licensure Compact status (where applicable)
Controlled Substances
- DEA registration (state-by-state)
- Controlled substance prescribing history
Certifications
- Board certifications (ABEM, ABR, ABIM, and others)
- ATLS, BLS, ACLS, and specialty certifications
Malpractice and Peer Review
- Malpractice insurance history and coverage verification
- Hospital privilege history
- Peer reference contacts
Facility Compliance
- SANNEXUS bylaw gap analysis engine maps passport data to specific facility bylaws
- Identifies any credential gaps before the physician applies
- Reduces back-and-forth between physician and Medical Staff Office
Why Locum Tenens Physicians Need This Most
Locum tenens physicians work across multiple facilities, health systems, and states. The traditional credentialing model penalizes physician mobility — every move starts the clock over.
With a SANNEXUS passport:
- A physician licensed in Florida under IMLC can credential at any SANNEXUS network facility that recognizes their passport
- The bylaw gap analysis identifies exactly what additional documentation a specific facility requires — before the application is submitted
- Physicians know their credentialing timeline upfront, not six weeks into the process
For Emergency Medicine, Radiology, and Hospital Medicine physicians — the three specialties with the highest locum tenens participation — this is a fundamental shift in how physician mobility works.
How to Create Your Physician Credentialing Passport
SANNEXUS passport creation takes approximately five minutes and starts with your NPI number. The platform pre-populates your public record data from the NPPES registry and guides you through uploading the remaining documentation.
Once your passport is submitted:
- SANNEXUS verifies each credential against primary sources (state boards, AMA, NPPES)
- Your passport is issued with verified status
- When you connect with a facility through SANNEXUS Connect, the facility receives your passport directly — no separate credentialing packet required
- The SANNEXUS bylaw gap analysis flags any facility-specific requirements you need to meet
Most physicians complete passport creation in one session and receive verified status within 3–5 business days.
The National Physician Credentialing Passport: Why Now
The physician shortage in the United States is expected to reach 86,000 physicians by 2036. Locum tenens utilization is increasing as health systems manage variable patient volume with flexible staffing. The infrastructure supporting physician mobility — credentialing — has not kept pace.
SANNEXUS exists to close that gap. The physician credentialing passport is the foundation: a portable, verified credential record that moves with the physician, not with each individual facility's credentialing process.
Create your SANNEXUS physician credentialing passport at sannexus.com.