"Procuring cause" is the principle that determines which recruiter gets credit — and paid — for a placement. It sounds simple until two recruiters submit the same candidate, or a health system moves a candidate forward without clear documentation of who found them first. That ambiguity has cost recruiters real money for years.
How ClearHire solves it
The process starts the moment you identify a candidate. You submit a clearing request with just the provider's name and NPI — no lengthy paperwork up front. Once cleared, you have 48 hours to submit a full presentation to that health system to maintain procuring cause. That window is what protects your claim to the placement.
Why the 48-hour window matters
It rewards speed and documentation over guesswork. Everyone on the platform is working from the same transparent rules, so there's no ambiguity about who sourced a candidate first — and no dispute about who gets the placement bonus.
The bigger picture
Transparent placement bonuses, clear rules, and payments made on time, every time — procuring cause is one piece of a platform built so recruiters can focus on relationships instead of protecting their own commissions.
