Will your network be ready by the date?

1 of 8 · Adequacy

Have you modeled adequacy against the exact standard you'll be held to?

Time-and-distance and provider counts by county, using CMS, state, or QHP rules rather than a general rule of thumb.

2 of 8 · Adequacy

Do you know which gaps will be hardest to close, and in what order you'll work them?

A ranked list of counties and specialties, not just a count of what's missing.

3 of 8 · Contracting

Is every target provider in a tracked pipeline with an owner and a next date?

If someone asked about any one provider today, could your team say where it stands and what happens next?

4 of 8 · Contracting

At the pace contracts are coming back, will you finish before your filing date?

Count signed agreements per week against what's left and the weeks you have.

5 of 8 · Credentialing

Does credentialing start while contracts are still being negotiated?

Applications, CAQH, and verification moving alongside contracting, not waiting for a signature.

6 of 8 · Credentialing

For each signed provider, do you know the date they'll be payable?

Signed is not the same as loaded, credentialed, and able to be paid.

7 of 8 · Data & operations

Does your directory match what your contracts and credentialing files say?

Addresses, specialties, and whether the provider is actually taking new patients.

8 of 8 · Data & operations

After launch, does someone own adequacy, attrition, and directory updates every week?

Networks drift. Providers leave, move, and stop taking patients.