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COLORADO ASSOCIATION MEDICAL STAFF SERVICES
2012 SLATE OF OFFICERS
Below please find the slate of officers/members-at-large for the 2012 CAMSS Board. The ballot will be sent to members via Survey Monkey.
OFFICERS
Secretary
1. Anmarie Masters
Anmarie has been in Medical Staff Services since 2005. She is RHIA, CPCS, and CPMSM certified. Her MSP experience includes working at HealthONE facilities and University of Colorado Hospital. In addition to working her daily job, she volunteers with Colorado Healthcare Strategy and Management (CHSM) and is involved in a special project with Team Med Global Consulting. Anmarie has enjoyed serving the CAMSS members as Secretary of the Board and looks forward to the opportunity of serving another term.
Treasurer
1. Christine Hearst
Christine has been in the healthcare field for 30 years, recently locating to Colorado from California. She is currently the Director of Medical Staff Services at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, CO where duties also include various aspects of peer review and quality, IRB, and Medical Education. While in California, she was a member of the California Association of Medical Staff Services Board as a regional representative. Prior to taking the position permanently at St. Anthony’s she was a consultant for the Hardenbergh Corporation, and Greeley Corporation, consulting at facilities both in California and North Carolina. Christine is CPMSM certified and completed Medical Staff Sciences and paralegal programs in CA. Her daughter is completing her college education in California. Christine is in the process of purchasing a home in Lakewood and she has two delightful dogs.
Board Members-at Large
Bylaws Chair
1. Rosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS
Rosemary began working in the Medical Staff Services field approximately six years ago at Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH) in Fort Collins. After working in the Medical Staff Office at PVH, she pent the last three years working for the HealthONE Credentials Processing Center, providing centralized verification for the seven HealthONE hospitals in addition to their affiliated surgery centers. Rosemary completed her CPCS certification in 2010 and the CPMSM certification in the spring of 2011. She has actively volunteered within the community for many years to include hurricane relief, working with charitable and faith based organizations, and volunteering with the 2011 CAMSS conference in Breckenridge. She would like to use her passion for the Medical Staff Services field to serve as an officer for CAMSS.
2. Pam Vance
Pam has been a resident of Colorado since October 2009 and a member of CAMSS since arriving. Pam is the manager of medical staff services at Sterling Regional MedCenter, a 36-bed, trauma level III facility located in the northeast corner of the state. As manager of medical staff services, Pam is responsible for the all the functions of the organized medical staff, credentialing & privileging the providers on staff at the hospital, and assisting with the on-boarding of new physicians to Sterling.
Pam Vance has worked in healthcare administration for twelve years. Prior to relocating to Colorado, Pam resided in Bryan/College Station, Texas where she was the director of medical staff services at a 150-bed medical center. Pam received her Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from Texas A&M University.
Pam enjoys camping, hiking, reading, sports and playing with her dogs, Mia, the Chihuahua and Maggie, the poodle. Since moving to Sterling, Pam has been involved in several community events, including coordinator of the High Plains Turkey Trot and volunteer at the Logan County Fair.
3. Christine Whyte
Christine started credentialing in March of 1999 in the HealthONE CVO. She left after 8 1/2 years to take a position at the Centura Health CVO. Christine, among 6 others, started the CVO for Centura Health to consolidate their credentialing process. After almost 4 years I took a position as Medical Staff Coordinator here at The University of Colorado Hospital. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development and Family Studies and an Associates Degree in Occupational Therapy. I came into credentialing when I was laid off as an OT. I have thoroughly enjoyed this profession and have acquired my CPCS in 2005. I enjoy attending the CAMSS and NAMSS conferences to increase my knowledge base and to continue making friends who share my love for this profession.
Membership Coordinator
1. Aimee Woolley-Randall
Amy Woolley-Randall has served as the Membership Coordinator for the Colorado Association of Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) for the past two years. She has been working in Medical Staff Services for approximately 4 years and in health care since 2001. In addition to her position with CAMSS, she is a NAMSS member and actively participates in the organization as a CCN Test Development Item Writer and she has recently been appointed to the NAMSS Membership & Marketing Committee in 2012. She is currently the Medical Staff Coordinator for Parker Adventist Hospital in Parker, CO. She continues to maintain certification as a Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist and a Certified Professional in Medical Services Management.
Outreach Coordinator
1. Debbie Patterson
Debbie has served as the Outreach Coordinator for the Colorado Association of Medical Staff Services (CAMSS) for the past two years.
Certification: Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) 6/2005; Certified Professional in Medical Services Management (CPMSM) 4/2009
Associations/Boards: National Association of Medical Staff Services member (NAMSS); Colorado Association of Medical Staff Services member (CAMSS); CAMSS Board of Directors – Out Reach Coordinator 1/2010-present
WORK HISTORY: 1983-Current Banner Health/North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, Colorado
7/2000-Current Credentialing Supervisor Banner Health/In-Query Credentialing Services
Volunteer Work: 2010-Current CAMSS Board of Directors – Out Reach Coordinator;
2001-Current Stampede Wrangler Association – Volunteer 100 plus hours per year in support of this annual community event;
2007-Current Stampede Wrangler Association Executive Board Member – Secretary
Oversight of 300 plus Wrangler volunteers ;
9 Health Fair Volunteer
Cattle Barons Ball Volunteer (benefits American Cancer Society)
Regulatory Alert: CMS Releases Final Rule on Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging (posted 5/5/2011)
On May 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that will make it easier for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to credential and privilege telemedicine providers.
The rule allows hospitals and CAHs delivering telemedicine services to rely on the credentialing and privileging information of the distant-site facility. The distant-site facility is defined as the location where the provider is located. Members of the governing body of the hospital or CAH where the patient is located will still need to make their own privileging decision; however, the new rule allows them to rely on the credentialing information and privileging decision of the distant-site facility.
One major change from the May 26, 2010 proposed rule is that CMS will allow hospitals and CAHs to accept credentialing and privileging information from facilities other than Medicare-participating entities as long as there is a written agreement between facilities stating that the distant-site entity will “furnish services that permit the hospital to comply with all applicable conditions of participation and standards for contracted services.” This includes the credentialing and privileging requirements of the conditions of participation.
The proposed rule had originally been written to exclude non-Medicare participating telemedicine entities since CMS would have no oversight over them. These entities include teleradiology providers, telepathology providers, and others, including ambulatory surgery centers accredited by The Joint Commission. CMS realized that preventing hospitals and CAHs from applying the new rule to these providers would do little to increase patient access to services or to reduce the burden on small hospitals and CAHs that want to provide telemedicine services.
The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on May 5. Hospitals and CAHs will be given 60 days from its publication date to implement the rule.
Reference: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CAMSS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES
Please refer to the Document Repository for the most current CAMSS Board minutes.