Melissa Salcido

Regarded as a pragmatic, results oriented, seasoned medical staff professional with over a decade of experience working in a variety of healthcare settings including startup environments. CPCS and CPMSM certifications and extensive knowledge in TJC, NCQA and other accreditation standards.

Interim Medical Staff Contractor with Greeley

(2025-2 - Present)

Medical Staff Coordinator at Sonoma Valley Hospital (2023-08 – 2025-2)

Responsible for the oversight of the credentialing, proctoring, expirables and annual dues. Assist with meeting management and preparation.

• Oversight of credentialing, proctoring, expirables and annual dues
• Meeting management and preparation assistance

Credentialing Coordinator at KPG Healthcare (2020-12 – 2023-01)

Responsible for maintaining expirables and to complete other projects as assigned.

• Maintained expirables
• Completed assigned projects

Interim Medical Staff Consultant at St. Mary Medical Center (2019-08 – 2022-11)

Provided leadership and guidance for the medical staff coordinators. Responsible for all credentialing including initial appointments and reappointments. Assisted with creating reports and maintaining expirables.

• Leadership and guidance for medical staff coordinators
• All credentialing including initial appointments and reappointments
• Report creation and expirables maintenance

Interim Credentialing Consultant at St. Mary Medical Center (2019-08 – 2022-11)

Responsible for all initial appointment credentialing and revising of privilege forms.

• Initial appointment credentialing
• Privilege forms revision

Interim Medical Staff Consultant at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital (2019-08 – 2022-11)

Provide leadership and guidance to the medical staff office. Developed and implemented a standard credentialing process and policy and procedures. Ensured compliance with the hospital medical staff bylaws and TJC.

• Leadership and guidance to medical staff office
• Developed and implemented standard credentialing process
• Policy and procedures development
• Ensured compliance with hospital medical staff bylaws and TJC

Interim Medical Staff Consultant at St. Mary Medical Center (2019-08 – 2022-11)

Responsible to expedite the credentialing of a high-volume reappointment cycle to ensure timely processing.

• Expedited credentialing of high-volume reappointment cycle
• Ensured timely processing

Medical Staff Coordinator II at Huntington Beach Hospital/LA Palma Intercommunity Hospital (2017-10 – 2019-07)

Responsible for all initial and reappointment credentialing and proctoring. Responsible for the management of the credentials committee meetings and department meetings.

• All initial and reappointment credentialing and proctoring
• Management of credentials committee meetings
• Department meetings management

Credentialing Manager at KPG Healthcare (2017-04 – 2017-10)

Responsible for the management of two credentialers. Implement performance improvement processes to create efficient workflows. Ensure timely processing of credentialing and recredentialing for multiple clients.

• Management of two credentialers
• Implementation of performance improvement processes
• Efficient workflow creation
• Timely processing of credentialing and recredentialing for multiple clients

Credentialing Manager at Martin Luther King Hospital (2016-09 – 2017-04)

Responsible for the oversight of three medical staff coordinators. Ensure timely processing of all medical staff applications. Responsible for the management of the credentials committee meetings and various medical staff meetings. Ensure compliance with proctoring.

• Oversight of three medical staff coordinators
• Timely processing of all medical staff applications
• Management of credentials committee meetings
• Management of various medical staff meetings
• Ensured compliance with proctoring

Medical Staff Coordinator at Martin Luther King Hospital (2014-12 – 2016-09)

Developed and implemented a standard credentialing process and policy and procedures for a startup hospital. Without any software (for one year), processed all initial appointment credentialing. Met with CDPH surveyors for initial licensing and TJC surveyors for initial accrediting. Responsible for the management of the credentials committee meetings and department meetings. Ensure compliance with proctoring and maintain expirables.

• Developed and implemented standard credentialing process for startup hospital
• Policy and procedures development
• Processed all initial appointment credentialing without software for one year
• Met with CDPH surveyors for initial licensing
• Met with TJC surveyors for initial accrediting
• Management of credentials committee meetings
• Department meetings management
• Ensured compliance with proctoring
• Maintained expirables

Credentialing Specialist at Olympia Medical Center (2011-09 – 2014-10)

Responsible for the processing of all reappointment applications. Assist with meeting management and preparation. Maintained expirables.

• Processing of all reappointment applications
• Meeting management and preparation assistance
• Expirables maintenance

Credentialing Specialist at CorVel Corporation (2010-02 – 2011-05)

Responsible for the credentialing and recredentialing of providers with multiple clients in various states. Ensure compliance with NCQA requirements.

• Credentialing and recredentialing of providers
• Multiple clients in various states
• NCQA compliance

Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration – University of Phoenix