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NAMSS Your Link to MSPs From Across the Nation. 2009 Board of Directors. Officers Sheryl Davis, BA, CPMSM, CPCS President Karen Reed, Ph.D., CPMSM President-Elect Janet O’Hair, CPMSM, CPCS Immediate Past President Kate Conklin, CPCS, CPMSM Treasurer Connie Riedel, CPMSM, CPCS
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2009 Board of Directors Officers Sheryl Davis, BA, CPMSM, CPCSPresident Karen Reed, Ph.D., CPMSM President-Elect Janet O’Hair, CPMSM, CPCS Immediate Past President Kate Conklin, CPCS, CPMSM Treasurer Connie Riedel, CPMSM, CPCS Secretary Directors at Large Stephanie 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 Office Education & Certification Chris Murphy Peck Education Director Delicia Hurdle Certification Manager Erica Weiss Certification Associate Kacy Reams Education Associate Convention & Tradeshow Yvonne 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 Executive Staff Megan 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
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
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
NAMSS 33rd Annual Conference & Exhibition October 3-7, 2009Grand Sierra Resort Reno, NV
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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