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Mastering the Merge: Unleashing the Potential of Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Integration
Mastering the Merge: Unleashing the Potential of Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Integration

Medical Staff Services Department, Team Med Global Consulting

Mastering the Merge: Unleashing the Potential of Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Integration

2023-06-12T22:10:58+00:00|Medical Staff Services Department, Team Med Global Consulting|

Merging credentialing and provider enrollment departmental functions within healthcare organizations can offer several advantages and synergies. However, the integration must be carefully planned and executed to ensure a successful transition. That’s where TMG Consulting can help. 6 Benefits to Merging Credentialing & Provider Enrollment Here are six ways the credentialing-provider enrollment departmental integration can prove

Infographic: 6 Steps to Delegated Credentialing
Infographic: 6 Steps to Delegated Credentialing

Infographic

Infographic: 6 Steps to Delegated Credentialing

2023-10-02T18:59:44+00:00|Infographic|

Delegated credentialing provides health plans and provider networks with shorter turnaround times, reduced in-house credentialing numbers, and standardized processes. This infographic outlines the process and creates the road to success. Or, you can download a PDF of the infographic here: https://www.teammedglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tmg_delegated_credentialing.pdf 1. Facility Contract There must be an existing facility contract with the health plan

Infographic: Meeting Management Roadmap for MSPs
Infographic: Meeting Management Roadmap for MSPs

Infographic, Medical Staff Services Department

Infographic: Meeting Management Roadmap for MSPs

2023-04-07T15:59:03+00:00|Infographic, Medical Staff Services Department|

Healthcare organizations have a multitude of standing committees, ad-hoc committees, and task forces. This MSP roadmap outlines the steps that lead to stellar meeting management, which can increase efficiency and improve effectiveness. Or, you can download a PDF of the infographic here: https://www.teammedglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tmg_meeting_management.pdf Logistics Schedule a date for the meeting, a conference room or virtual

MSP Integrity: Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Unethical Behavior
MSP Integrity: Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Unethical Behavior

Personal Development

MSP Integrity: Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Unethical Behavior

2023-04-03T17:19:09+00:00|Personal Development|

We’ve all heard (or witnessed) the horror stories: The MSP who embezzled money, who cheated on their remote timecard, who misrepresented facts to make themselves look better, or who falsified their credentials on their resume. These behaviors don’t reflect the integrity exhibited by the vast majority of those in our profession, yet it’s worth examining

Breaking Down Barriers: 6 Steps to Implementing Delegated Credentialing
Breaking Down Barriers: 6 Steps to Implementing Delegated Credentialing

Credentialing

Breaking Down Barriers: 6 Steps to Implementing Delegated Credentialing

2023-03-24T23:37:07+00:00|Credentialing|

Delegated credentialing can feel intimidating to both new and seasoned MSPs in managed care, hospital, or CVO environments. But the intimidation is replaced with confidence once you understand the foundations of the delegated credentialing process. Here are the six steps necessary for successful delegated credentialing: Facility contract: The group or facility must have an existing

Learning & Thriving: Professional Development Support Templates
Learning & Thriving: Professional Development Support Templates

Career Development

Learning & Thriving: Professional Development Support Templates

2023-02-26T16:39:38+00:00|Career Development|

TMG understands that professional development is key to building skills and implementing best practices, yet we often hear that organizations are reluctant to invest in MSP continuing education. That’s why it’s up to us to make the case that it’s in our department’s best interest to underwrite the cost of meaningful professional development opportunities. Here

Temporary Staffing vs. Consultants: Filling the Medical Staff Services Gap
Temporary Staffing vs. Consultants: Filling the Medical Staff Services Gap

Blog

Temporary Staffing vs. Consultants: Filling the Medical Staff Services Gap

2023-02-09T00:10:48+00:00|Blog|

With the U.S. unemployment rate hovering at a 50-year low, an increasing number of medical staff services departments, CVOs, payer enrollment departments, and physician practices are short-staffed. Thanks in part to mergers, acquisitions, and ever-changing organizational structures, many departments within the medical staff services industry are running at suboptimal efficiency. Taken together, these phenomena are

Infographic: Board Processes & the MSP
Infographic: Board Processes & the MSP

Infographic

Infographic: Board Processes & the MSP

2023-02-06T22:21:27+00:00|Infographic|

Hospital-based MSPs are responsible for the sequence of events surrounding board actions during application, reapplication, and requests for additional privileges. TMG has developed this infographic of board processes to help MSPs achieve a smooth workflow. For your convenience, you can download a PDF of the infographic here: https://www.teammedglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/tmg_board_process2.pdf

TMG Spotlight: Sara Collins, MHA, CPCS®, CPMSM®
TMG Spotlight: Sara Collins, MHA, CPCS®, CPMSM®

TMG Team Spotlight

TMG Spotlight: Sara Collins, MHA, CPCS®, CPMSM®

2023-01-17T20:25:18+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

Sara Collins, MHA, CPCS®, CPMSM® lends her expertise to Team Med Global as a member of the Speakers Team and a subject matter expert. Over the past 18 years, Sara has held positions ranging from lead credentialing specialist to provider enrollment supervisor to overpayment resolution manager. For the past eight years, she has served LifePoint

Spotlight: Ivonne Oladunni, MBA, CPMSM®
Spotlight: Ivonne Oladunni, MBA, CPMSM®

TMG Team Spotlight

Spotlight: Ivonne Oladunni, MBA, CPMSM®

2023-01-06T19:45:41+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

Ivonne Oladunni, MBA, CPMSM® lends her expertise and wisdom to Team Med Global as the organization’s Payer Enrollment Director, helping to shape industry strategy, lead webinars, and contribute to TMG University courses and other educational initiatives. Over the past decade, Ivonne has excelled in positions that showcase her skill in payer enrollment, credentialing, compliance, program

Reaching Higher: MSP Professionalism
Reaching Higher: MSP Professionalism

Career Development

Reaching Higher: MSP Professionalism

2023-01-06T19:45:34+00:00|Career Development|

As MSPs, we pride ourselves on our grace under fire, our attention to detail, and our ability to serve a multitude of stakeholders. Given our integral role in the healthcare delivery system, it’s worthwhile to take a step back and reflect upon the “P” in MSP: what it means to be professional within medical staff

Conceptualize, Visualize, Actualize: Key Findings from TMG’s Think Tank
Conceptualize, Visualize, Actualize: Key Findings from TMG’s Think Tank

Medical Staff Services Department

Conceptualize, Visualize, Actualize: Key Findings from TMG’s Think Tank

2022-11-28T18:13:26+00:00|Medical Staff Services Department|

In early October, Team Med Global held the virtual event, “Conceptualize, Visualize, Actualize: A TMG Think Tank.” MSPs from around the country gathered to reimagine Medical Staff Services. Using insightful prompts, breakout rooms, and virtual whiteboards, the Think Tank tapped into participants’ experience and creativity to envision opportunities for Medical Staff Services to evolve to

Project Management Platforms: Advantages and Options
Project Management Platforms: Advantages and Options

Tools

Project Management Platforms: Advantages and Options

2022-11-05T16:54:45+00:00|Tools|

When Team Med Global surveyed MSPs and PEPs regarding which project management platforms they used in their work, the results were surprising, given that project management tools are growing in popularity for the Medical Staff Services industry: 30% None 20% Microsoft Teams 10% Asana 10% Smartsheet 10% TargetProcess 10% Teamwork 10% Trello Three in ten

The Payer Enrollment Field: Trends and Opportunities
The Payer Enrollment Field: Trends and Opportunities

Provider Enrollment

The Payer Enrollment Field: Trends and Opportunities

2022-08-29T23:23:47+00:00|Provider Enrollment|

In July 2022, Team Med Global surveyed payer enrollment professionals about their job titles, the departments they work in, and those to whom they report. Here’s how they responded: 47% Credentialing Coordinator/Specialist 21% Provider Enrollment Manager/Supervisor 11% Provider Enrollment Specialist/Analyst 5% Medicare Enrollment Specialist 5% Supervisor of Credentialing 11% Other Department 21% Billing 21% Credentialing

TMG Spotlight: Hadley Domnick, BS
TMG Spotlight: Hadley Domnick, BS

TMG Team Spotlight

TMG Spotlight: Hadley Domnick, BS

2022-08-07T18:41:28+00:00|TMG Team Spotlight|

Hadley Domnick’s career reflects her commitment to people. With a B.S. in Psychology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Hadley went to Edward Jones, where she provided world-class customer service to branches around the country. She then moved to a company that provided behavioral healthcare, where she trained physicians across the U.S. to use EHR systems,