The only HR firm built exclusively for HHS organizations - serving providers across Shelby, Tipton, and the broader Mid-South region (including DeSoto County, MS and Crittenden County, AR). We find the gaps. We build the systems. We stay until they run.
The Wilkinson Firm is an HR consulting firm built exclusively for behavioral health, IDD, and community health organizations in Memphis, Tennessee. We design HR infrastructure, compliance systems, retention frameworks, and direct-hire placement specifically for HHS providers regulated by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) and Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD). Memphis providers serve a tri-state catchment. We build HR and compliance systems that respect TDMHSAS and DIDD requirements while accommodating the multi-state workforce reality on the ground.
Most HR firms work generalist. We work HHS-only. Every system, policy, and placement is designed for behavioral health, IDD, and community health operating reality - not retrofitted from a SaaS or manufacturing playbook.
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) and Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) rules, TennCare Medicaid MCOs (BlueCare, Amerigroup, UnitedHealthcare) and Tennessee Department of Health licensing, and federal HIPAA / OSHA layered together. We know where the audit risk actually sits in Tennessee, not where a national firm assumes it sits.
We don't deliver a binder and disappear. Every TWF Signature Program™ includes implementation, training, and follow-through until the system is operating without us. PlacementCare™ includes an 18-month placement guarantee.
Your audit risk is not generic. It is Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) and Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD), layered with TennCare Medicaid MCOs (BlueCare, Amerigroup, UnitedHealthcare) and Tennessee Department of Health licensing, layered with federal labor and privacy law. We build HR systems that satisfy every layer.
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Memphis HR consulting for behavioral health, IDD, and community health organizations.
Memphis behavioral health carries one of the highest-need catchments in the country, and its workforce crosses two state lines to do it. Staff commute from Mississippi and Arkansas, TennCare's MCOs set the rules, and burnout runs ahead of budgets. Hover or tap a tile to see how we solve each one.
Multi-State Mastery builds the cross-border compliance layer: state addenda, tax and notice obligations, and background check requirements per state of residence and service.
Multi-State Mastery →Retention Reset treats burnout as a system input: caseload architecture, supervision cadence, and stay interviews that catch departures while they are still preventable.
Retention Reset →Compliance Confidence keeps every clinical file audit-ready on a monthly cycle, with the exclusion screening and supervision logs TennCare reviewers pull first.
Compliance Confidence →Hiring in Memphis is a numbers game most agencies play blind. This metro employs 1,560 licensed behavioral health counselors and 7,280 direct support workers. Counselor pay runs $53,190, $6,598 below the Southeast metro average. We recruit and advise against these numbers, not against guesswork.
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Twenty minutes. No pitch. We map your top three workforce risks and tell you what to do about them. If we're a fit, we'll talk engagement. If we're not, you'll leave with a clearer picture either way.
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