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# Podcast episode: Credentialing explained with Varun Krishnamurthy

Mar 5, 2026

Podcast

In this episode of [Understanding Healthcare](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASwknvHkk4), Stedi CEO Zack Kanter talks with [Varun Krishnamurthy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunakrishnamurthy/), CEO and co-founder of [Assured Health](https://www.withassured.com/), about provider credentialing – how payers check that a healthcare provider is qualified to practice.

Assured Health is an AI-powered provider credentialing and enrollment platform. Before starting Assured, Varun built a virtual sleep clinic called Dawn Health. One metric shaped everything there: How long it took from hiring a provider to seeing their first insured patient.

In most industries, onboarding takes days. For healthcare providers, it can take 2-6 months.

During the episode, Zack and Varun cover how provider credentialing works, the bottlenecks it can cause, and how to improve it.

Watch the episode on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASwknvHkk4):

Subscribe:

- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ4o7H5Som0Zlo2dGH4jMJy0nlL1oqxDo)

- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/6cyz5JaAoG3R995QokLR2d)

- [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/understanding-healthcare-with-zack-kanter/id1860618431)

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