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Safe Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: How Staffing Is Linked to Patient Outcomes and Financial Performance
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Optimizing Care: A Guide to Nurse Staffing Models
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Flexible Staffing in Healthcare: How Utilizing an MSP Can Simplify the Contingent Healthcare Staffing Process
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The Top Compliance Issues in Healthcare and How an MSP Can Help Facilities Ensure They Meet Regulations
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Healthcare MSPs: Pros and Cons of Managed Service Providers in the Healthcare Industry
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An Examination of the Possible Correlation Between Nurse Staffing and Hospital Financial Performance
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Healthcare Staffing Management: How To Switch Managed Services Providers When Your Current Partnership Is No Longer Viable
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Planning for the Unprecedented: The Importance of an MSP During Surge Capacity Planning
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The Gig Economy in Healthcare: How Can it Benefit Your Facility?
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Healthcare MSP: Implementation Plan Guidance
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MSP vs. VMS: Which Should You Use for Your Healthcare Facility’s Contingent Workforce?
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A Spotlight on Staffing: Current Hiring Trends in Healthcare
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Fact or Fiction: 7 Common Healthcare MSP Myths
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Every Healthcare Provider Needs a Staffing Contingency Plan — What’s Yours?
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Overcoming Healthcare Staffing Shortages: Why a Managed Service Provider Is Necessary
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MSP Cost Savings: 9 Tangible Ways To Save Money and Increase Revenue With an MSP
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Frequently Asked Questions
The healthcare staffing market is complicated. We're here to simplify it for you.
What does it cost?
Our MSP comes at no cost to your facility.
Can you provide permanent staff?
Yes, we can.
If something goes wrong, how will you support me?
Trusted Managed Services is Joint Commission Certified, so we will handle everything should something go wrong.
What kind of facilities do you work with?
Trusted Managed Services works with hospitals, long-term care, and rehab centers.
Am I too small to need an MSP?
Due to labor shortages across all industries, facilities are all in competition for the same pool of candidates. It will only benefit you to have as many suppliers and as much help as you can to get the appropriate staffing in place.
What do you do that we don't already do?
Working with an MSP can relieve incredible amounts of administrative burden on your staff while decreasing your contingent labor spend. We accomplish this by providing you one singular point of contact, easy access to billing and timekeeping, compliance outsourcing, a streamlined hiring process, streamlined onboarding, robust and scalable reporting, and more.
Is your pay competitive?
We provide competitive pay, health insurance, and other attractive benefits to contingent staff that will keep you highly competitive with larger facilities or facilities in more populated areas.
What is RPO?
RPO stands for Recruitment Process Outsourcing. As an RPO partner, your facility gains access to our industry specific job boards and costly databases, allowing us to offer roles in your organization directly to qualified clinicians seeking permanent or temporary work in your area.
Do you provide onsite onboarding?
Yes, a representative from our team can be as available as you need them to be.
Can I still use my current vendors?
Our MSP agreement is non-exclusive. TMS believes that facilities should have options and maintain a diverse portfolio of suppliers.
Is there a charge for converting temp staff to full time?
TMS will not charge a fee for converting travelers to staff after 26 weeks of assignment. We understand the predicament that healthcare facilities are facing in this labor market and our goal is to alleviate it as much as possible.
Does your VMS integrate with my timekeeping system?
Yes, our VMS can seamlessly integrate with all major ERP/HRIS and various other third-party systems.
What is an MSP?
A healthcare MSP will take over your entire recruitment, onboarding, and management process, from beginning to end. An MSP is vital to your organization, as it automates and offloads much of the time consuming and labor-intensive tasks that bog down your human resources and administrative staff. Your MSP partner will help you reduce costs, improve processes, and automate and manage tasks that hospitals, clinics and facilities once had to manage all by themselves.
How do I access my reports/data?
Reports and data can be accessed through our VMS. All reports are customizable and can be generated and sent on a recurring basis if desired. We provide access to reporting in real time.
Some examples of reporting include:
- Total contract labor spend by quarter
- Time to fill certain orders
- Average length of assignments
- Hours/spend per unit
- Hours/spend per shift
- Hours/spend per nurse
Do I need to use contingent staff?
Using contingent staff allows you to keep extra staff on during busy seasons, flu season, the winter months, etc. and reduce staffing costs when the additional staff is not needed.