NAMSS

Your Link to MSPsFrom Across the Nation

2009 Board of DirectorsOfficersSheryl Davis, BA, CPMSM, CPCSPresident

Karen Reed, Ph.D., CPMSM President-Elect

Janet O’Hair, CPMSM, CPCSImmediate Past President

Kate Conklin, CPCS, CPMSMTreasurer

Connie Riedel, CPMSM, CPCSSecretary

Directors at LargeStephanie Davee, MBA, CPMSM,

CPCS

Teresa Coburn, CPMSM

Mitzi G Gorman, CPCS, CPMSM

Debra Green, MPA, CPMSM, CPCS

John Pastrano, BBA, CPCS, CPMSM

Linda Waldorf, CPMSM, CPCS

Sue F Walther, MPH, CPMSM, CPCS

Rebecca Watson, CPMSM, CPCS, BSH

Janet Wilson, CPMSM

Executive OfficeExecutive StaffMegan Cohen, MPA, CAE Executive Director

Stacey Schmidt Operations Manager

Laura Greer Member Services Coordinator

Jennifer Moulton Member Services Associate

Synergy Jay Strother Publisher

Theresa RubinasManaging Editor

Education & Certification Chris Murphy Peck Education Director

Delicia Hurdle Certification Manager

Erica Weiss Certification Associate

Kacy Reams Education Associate

Convention & TradeshowYvonne ButtersConvention & Tradeshow Manager

Marketing & Communications Kara Dress Marketing & Communications Manager

Kevin Hurley Marketing & Comm. Coordinator

Government Relations John Richardson Government Relations Director

Christine PerezGovernment Relations Associate

Finance Russ Nuzum Director of Accounting

John HutchinsAccountant

NAMSS Strategic Direction• Partnerships: With regulatory, professional and state organizations

to influence decisions that will impact our profession.

• Certification: NAMSS advocates for recognition of professional certification to influence the importance of defining competencies of the MSP to regulatory bodies, accrediting organizations and employers.

• Education: Provide Education that is practical, emphasize best practices and solutions, is competitively priced, is tangible and specific and shares ideas for different settings.

Partnerships•NAMSS - Committed to strengthening

relationships with State Associations•NAMSS - Focused on increasing and

strengthening formal partnerships with other healthcare and professional groups

What Are We Doing?• Developing a toolkit for member recruitment

at the state level. Spring - 2009

• Continuing participation in formal alliances and task forces. Example: The Joint Commission

• Training strategic liaisons to effectively communicate NAMSS’ mission and policy goals to organizations such as NAHQ, ASHHRA and AMA-OMSS

Organizations - Strategic Liaisons

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Federation of American Hospitals (FAH)

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Greeley Co. Credentialing Resource Center (CRC)

American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition (HASC)

American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)

American Health Lawyers Association Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC)

American Hospital Association (AHA) Horty Springer

American Medical Association-Organized Medical Staff Section (AMA-OMSS) National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)/Healthcare Integrity & Protection Data Bank (HIPDB)

American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Leapfrog Group

American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administrators (ASHHRA) The Joint Commission Credentialing & Privileging Expert Panel (PTAC)

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (ASPR) National Credentialing Forum (NCF)

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Quality Forum (NQF)

Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC) New York Medical College

Coalition for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Park City Solutions/Medicity

Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) The Joint Commission

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) National Association for Healthcare Quality

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Utilization Review Accreditation Commission, Inc. (URAC)

Department of Labor VetPro

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) NIAH Accreditation  

Director, State of Residence State Assignment

Debra Green – CA CaliforniaHawaii

Nevada Oregon

WashingtonAlaska

Stephanie Davee – CA ArizonaColorado

Utah Idaho

MontanaWyoming

John Pastrano – TX TexasNew Mexico

Oklahoma Louisiana

Puerto RicoArkansas

Beckie Watson – FL FloridaAlabama

GeorgiaMississippi

Tennessee

Janet Wilson – MO MissouriIowa

North DakotaNebraska

South DakotaKansas

Mitzi Gorman - TN OhioIndiana

WisconsinIllinois

MichiganMinnesota

Linda Waldorf – NC North CarolinaVirginia

KentuckyPennsylvania

West Virginia

Terri Coburn – NC South CarolinaDelaware

Washington, DCMaryland

New Jersey      

Sue Walther – NY ConnecticutMaineVermont

New YorkRhode Island

MassachusettsNew Hampshire

Certification• NAMSS is committed to increasing new

candidates for CPCS & CPMSM Certification

• NAMSS will continue aggressively promoting certification at state meetings and proactively seek other opportunities to emphasize the value of being certified

• NAMSS seeks to retain certified professionals as of December 15, 2008

What Are We Doing?• NAMSS has achieved NCCA accreditation

for the CPCS and CPMSM certifications. • NAMSS CCN completed a job task analysis

which was used to develop the newest versions of the certification exams

• Implementing a Certificant Referral Program to increase certificant candidates

Education• NAMSS is dedicated to supporting MSPs

throughout their professional lifecycle• NAMSS has invested in research to

support education program development• Maturing workforce = need for engaging

newcomers to sustain profession and NAMSS

What is NAMSS Doing?• In 2009-2010 NAMSS will be launching

a series of web based courses that will meet the needs of newcomers to the profession

• In 2008 NAMSS launched a CPCS Prep Course

• In 2009 NAMSS will be launching a CPMSM Prep Course

Upcoming NAMSS Conferences

NAMSS 33rd Annual Conference & Exhibition

October 3-7, 2009Grand Sierra ResortReno, NV

                                                   

NAMSS 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition

October 2-6, 2010Hilton Orlando Bonnet

Creek ResortOrlando, FL

NAMSS 35th Annual Conference & Exhibition

September 24-28, 2011Hilton Anatole DallasDallas, TX

NAMSS 36th Annual Conference & Exhibition

September 8-12, 2012Hilton San Francisco

San Francisco, CA