Membership

To become a member in the Mission Health Network (PHO), physicians must meet the following requirements  as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of the PHO. Eligible members currently include Primary Care and Specialty physicians.

The PHO utilizes the Texas Standardized Credentialing Application for its initial credentialing and re-credentialing applications. The PHO Member Physicians are re-credentialing at intervals not to exceed three (3) years.

The Physician must:

• Possess an unrestricted current medical license to practice in the State of Texas.
• Be a member in good standing of the medical staff of Mission Regional Medical Center.
• Be Board Certified or actively pursuing board certification in designated specialty, or if not, physician must have successfully completed residency and/or training requirements in designated specialty.
• Have a current DEA number.
• Have a current Texas State Narcotics license for the prescription of controlled substances where applicable to the specialty practiced.
• Disclose a completed professional liability claims history.
• Have and maintain current professional liability insurance coverage at a minimum of 100,000/occurrence-$300,000/aggregate may be accepted if this meets the minimum requirement of the hospital(s) where the applicable to treat Medicare  and Medicaid patients.
• Satisfy continuing medical e4ducation requirements.
• ECFMG certification, if applicable.

Please call or e-mail any group, address, or tax identification changes to Esmer Ochoa, MHN Coordinator.

eochoa@missionrmc.org

For more information, please call (956) 323-1150