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International Accreditation

2022-07-11T18:01:05+00:00|Accreditation|

Due to a near-universal desire for quality healthcare and the fact that in many parts of the world, more and more people are choosing to cross international borders to access healthcare, there is a growing interest in international healthcare accreditation (Lovern, 2008). Medical tourism (global healthcare) is becoming increasingly important as people seek healthcare outside

Spotlight: Lisa Deterding

2022-07-11T18:02:36+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

Team Med Global Operations Director Lisa Deterding is Team Med Global's Operations Director. With more than 29 years of administrative experience, Lisa ensures that all of TMG’s proverbial trains run on time. She leverages her expertise in team building, organization, and communication to develop processes, oversee Team Med Global’s daily operations, and create seamless experiences

The MSSD Transformation: 6 Power Thoughts to Thrive During Change

2022-07-11T18:07:20+00:00|Medical Staff Services Department|

When reviewing the evolution of the Medical Staff Services Department (MSSD) over the past 30 years, the changes are obvious. Long gone are the days when a practitioner came to the hospital on the word from a colleague or where a secretary was responsible for getting a record of the provider. And, thankfully, long gone

Spotlight: Sherri Selesky, CPCS®

2022-07-11T18:08:53+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

TMG Medical Staff Services Department Team Sherri Selesky, CPCS®, has more than 19 years of experience in credentialing. She’s currently the Credentialing Coordinator for Heritage Valley Health System in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, where she oversees the credentialing and recredentialing process for over 500 providers. She is also Team Coordinator for Accreditation Manager Plus (AMP) for The

It’s Time to Enroll in TMG University!

2022-07-11T18:14:46+00:00|TMG University|

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means that the New Year will be here before we know it. Now is exactly the right time to devise your professional development goals for 2020, and then enroll in TMG University. The enrollment deadline for the 11-week term that begins January 5, 2020 is November 29, 2019.

Spotlight: Mary Jo Sexton-Tosh, MSA

2022-07-11T18:17:00+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

TMG University Mary Jo Sexton-Tosh, MSA has been a member of Team Med Global since 2016, and currently serves as Director of Education. She is passionate about overseeing the TMG’s Executive MSP program and promoting medical staff services, payer enrollment, peer review, and quality improvement.  Mary Jo has worked in leadership for over 25 years

Spotlight: Stephanie Russell, BS, CPMSM®, CPCS®

2022-07-11T18:18:49+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

TMG Speakers’ Team, Hospital Team, CVO Team, Payer Enrollment Institute With more than 30 years of executive medical staff services experience, Stephanie Russell, BS, CPMSM®, CPCS®, is the director of medical staff services and credentialing for the southern region of UCHealth in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There, she oversees four facilities with three medical staffs, including

NAMSS “Payer Enrollment Table Talk”

2022-07-11T18:21:51+00:00|Provider Enrollment|

When NAMSS conference attendees huddle during Team Med Global’s “Payer Enrollment Table Talk” on October 21, they’ll teach as much as they learn. “We’re hoping that MSPs and payer enrollment specialists come prepared to share their experiences,” said Donna Goestenkors, president of TMG. “Whether someone is brand new to the payer enrollment landscape or is

Spotlight: Yesenia Servin, CPMSM®

2022-07-11T18:23:36+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

TMG Payer Enrollment Institute With more than 20 years of experience in payer enrollment and physician credentialing, Yesenia Servin, CPMSM®, is currently the Payer Enrollment Lead at the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. There, she manages payer enrollment projects, briefs payer enrollment team members on industry trends, and is the liaison for the

Finding Your Home on Payer Enrollment Island

2022-07-11T18:26:34+00:00|Provider Enrollment|

When I first started in the Payer Enrollment industry almost 20 years ago, I worked for a large, national healthcare provider organization in the San Francisco Bay Area and was charged with my company’s first-ever, official role of managing federal and state enrollments and private payer contracts for 150 provider service locations across the United

A New Pathway to a Powerful Affiliation Verification

2022-07-11T19:32:09+00:00|Medical Staff Services Department|

Environmental developments encourage professionals to respond by evaluating existing pathways and reformatting tools to reflect new landscapes. MSPs nationwide are discussing the growing physician employment model and its effect on affiliation verifications. The once-clear information pathway for affiliation letters has migrated to include all of the traditional data points and new ones coming from office-related

Preventing MSP Burnout While Engaging in Process Improvement

2022-07-11T19:35:30+00:00|MSP Well-Being|

Our nation’s healthcare market has exploded, and it shows no signs of slowing. Over the past decade, we’ve seen a boom in independent practice associations, health plans, larger mergers, and independent medical groups. And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts four million new healthcare jobs by 2026. That has great long-term implications for the

Spotlight: Larry DeHoyos, CPCS®, PESC

2022-07-11T19:36:51+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

TMG Payer Enrollment Institute and Practice Management Alliance Larry DeHoyos, CPCS®, PESC, is a key member of TMG’s Payer Enrollment Institute and Practice Management Alliance. As Director of Credentialing and Payer Enrollment with U.S. Dermatology Partners in Dallas, Texas, he oversees the organization's health plan enrollment and provider credentialing functions for its 106 sites across

TMG Spotlight: Kate Baumgartner, ProVISIONary Staffing Director

2023-01-25T22:26:26+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

We’re excited to welcome Kate Baumgartner to Team Med Global. As Director of TMG’s new service, ProVISIONary Staffing, Kate will recruit MSPs for part-time or full-time, temporary or permanent positions within a variety of healthcare settings. In the process, she’ll help MSP’s identify their strengths, showcase their talents, and increase their marketability within the industry.

5 Interviewing Tips and Tricks

2022-07-11T19:40:27+00:00|Career Development|

Interviews can be awkward – for both the interviewee and the interviewer. I’ve never been a cookie-cutter recruiter, and as a candidate, you shouldn’t feel as though you need to fit a mold, either. Creative staffing solutions, innovation, growth, and opportunity create “right-fit” matches that satisfy both you and your employer-to-be. In that vein, here

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