Peer Review
No one is more qualified to help evaluate and improve delivery of health care.
Strengthen the peer review process.
A partnership with TMF will provide experienced and qualified external medical peer review services and can improve the quality and timeliness of any peer review program.
- Unbiased opinion – TMF is an unbiased third-party reviewer. We’ll assign a physician with no competitive or personal relationships with the physicians to be reviewed to eliminate any possible conflict of interest that could arise.
- Timely review – It’s in everyone’s best interest to have reviews completed in a timely manner. But physicians are burdened with overloaded schedules, making it difficult for them to participate in a peer review panel. TMF physician reviewers are always available to promptly and efficiently evaluate the care provided.
- The right reviewer – Facility or organization size and geographic location can limit the number of available internal physician reviewers with the necessary educational background and credentials. Our physician reviewers represent all key medical specialties, giving TMF the ability to assign the appropriate physician to any case.
Use review results to improve outcomes.
TMF offers more than the evaluations of health care delivery. With years of experience in quality improvement methodologies, we’re uniquely qualified to use the results of reviews to improve care for patients.
Our knowledge of practice guidelines, national standards and process improvement techniques enables us to provide customized training and recommendations for improving care and outcomes. We’ll work with health care providers to map out a plan for successful and sustainable change.
Demonstrated performance, expert staff
- TMF has provided peer review services for more than 35 years.
- TMF has reviewed more than one million medical records since its inception in 1971.
- All TMF physician reviewers are in active practice in Texas, board certified and undergo a strict internal credentialing process.
Non-physician TMF staff includes experts in utilization/quality review and ICD-9-CM and CPT/HCPCS coding.
Peer Review Clients
While the majority of our clients are hospitals, TMF has provided medical review services to larger organizations such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the United States Department of Defense and many state agencies.