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What Does NAMSS Do for You? Serves as the voice of the profession, advocating on behalf of MSPs across the nation Provides educational and professional development opportunities Supports state affiliates and associations on the local level Informs and connects the network of medical staff and credentialing services professionals

Looking Toward the Future

Strategic Objectives Objective 1: Ensure that NAMSS professionals are qualified, skilled and competent in assessing healthcare providers Objective 2: Emphasize NAMSS professionals as “the gatekeepers of patient safety” and the beginning of the revenue cycle Objective 3: Establish a recognized career leadership pathway for NAMSS professionals who are assessing the competency of healthcare providers

Achieving our Objectives Ensure that NAMSS professionals are qualified, skilled and competent in assessing healthcare providers Develop a new competency model which includes additional skills and knowledge areas outside the traditional functions of the profession.

Achieving our Objectives Emphasize NAMSS professionals as “the gatekeepers of patient safety” Educate the public and stakeholders on the professions role of assuring that providers are qualified, competent, and professional to ensure patient safety, reduce risks and improve quality outcomes for the patient Become the “go-to” organization for the profession Actively educate and advocate to implement the Ideal Credentialing Solution (ICS) Promote best practice(s)

Achieving our Objectives Establish a recognized career leadership pathway for NAMSS professionals who are assessing the competency of healthcare providers Enhance and support NAMSS professionals with the skills and confidence needed to be leaders in the profession and in their careers as the field changes and develops Develop, strengthen and recognize NAMSS leaders

The Ideal Credentialing Standards 1.Identify verification 2.Residency, medical school, and fellowship enrollment/completion date 3.ECFMG information 4.Military information 5.Professional Licensure held in all states 6.DEA registration and state DPS certification 7.Board Certification status 8.Practitioner Affiliation history 9.Criminal Background Check 10.HHS-OIG & GSA Sanction Checks 11.NPDB 12.Malpractice carriers 13.Insurance carrier certificate/reports

ICS Roundtable May 2014: Initial Roundtable Participants from Industry met in Washington, DC Discussed Best Practice Criteria and Protocol for Hospitals Presented the 13 Proposed Elements for Discussion

ICS Roundtable – Next Steps Information released with initial draft of the ICS Whitepaper Comments incorporated Industry was very supportive of the elements Final Draft was distributed Spring, 2015

Ideal Credentialing Solution - What Next? Original Ideal Credentialing Standards are focused on hospital credentialing NAMSS is currently developing a similar whitepaper for payor credentialing May, 2015: Payor Credentialing Roundtable occurred in Washington, DC

FSMB Interstate Licensure Compact Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) introduced and facilitated interstate licensure compact Addresses the need for license portability Provides a Nationwide Solution, Implemented by the States, without Federalizing Licensure NAMSS fundamentally supports the compact –NAMSS hosted a free webinar on the compact in March, 2015 –The recording is available for free on the NAMSS website

Next steps: Support the compact at your state level Grassroots efforts are important Engage your Congressmen and Senators –Encourage them to support and sign on to the compact Resources for advocacy available on NAMSS website Information on the Compact: Licenseportability.org FSMB Interstate Licensure Compact

Model Credentialing Application NAMSS volunteered to explore a model application –Participants at the NCF (National Credentialing Forum) felt NAMSS was appropriate to lead the project Task Force created to explore and draft –Draft document was announced at the 2015 Educational Conference & Exhibition in Seattle –Field review will be instituted and feedback solicited –Edited draft to be shared at the 2016 NCF –Draft to be presented at a Spring, 2016 Roundtable –Final draft revealed at 40 th Educational Conference in Boston (September, 2016)

Over 500 participating entities and growing weekly Over 202,000 affiliations Health system participation: Johns Hopkins, Aurora Healthcare and UNC Health Care System.

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What’s New to PASS? Letter Templates –Barrier to participation? Two current options for “Good Standing” –Two new options to consider Standard Letter of Affiliation Custom, Healthcare-Entity-specific letter of “Good Standing”

Volunteering with NAMSS Changes to the Board Nomination/ Application process Eligibility criteria will be affected in 2016 –2016 applicants must hold dual certification to be considered for NAMSS Board positions. –This year’s applicants are not affected

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Strategic Planning for the Future Evaluate and assess changes to membership, certification, Conference and/or education programs Develop a “state of the industry” report emphasizing the role of the gatekeeper and “credentialing as the beginning of the revenue cycle.” Deliver additional leadership programming to the profession at large to provide a pathway for leadership within their organization and/or the profession

Upcoming NAMSS Conference 40th Educational Conference & Exhibition Sheraton Boston Hotel September 17 - September 21, 2016 Boston, Massachusetts

Certification Update 2016 Dates and Deadlines Spring Testing Period Application Deadline Friday, January 15, 2016 Testing Period – Saturday, March 12 through Saturday, April 2, 2016 Summer Testing Period Application Deadline – Friday, April 8, 2016 Testing Period – Saturday, June 4 through Saturday, June 26, 2016 Fall Testing Period Application Deadline – Friday, August 12, 2016 Testing Period –Saturday, October 8 through Saturday, October 29, 2016

Certification Update NEW! Online Certification Applications CPCS Application: CPMSM Application:

NAMSS Will Continue to… Serve as the voice of the profession, advocating on behalf of MSPs across the nation Provide educational and professional development opportunities Support state affiliates and associations on the local level Inform and connect the network of medical staff and credentialing services professionals But we will be doing this in ways that create the most value and help members be the most successful

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