National Association Medical Staff Services
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NAMSS - National Association Medical Staff Services

NAMSS, established in 1978, has over 4000 members nationwide and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Association seeks to provide high quality educational opportunities for its members, as well as to continuously foster public awareness of the vital role of medical staff professionals in the provision of safe, effective healthcare. NAMSS followed in the footsteps of the California Association of Medical Staff Services or CAMSS which was established in 1971. Most US States, as well as Puerto Rico, have active NAMSS Chapters.

Current work

NAMSS members are employed by hospitals, managed care organizations, ambulatory surgery centers, physician practice groups, medical insurance carriers, HMOs and many other locations. Medical staff service professionals work, along with medical and administrative leadership, to protect patients from incompetent, unskilled, impaired, or in the worst case, fraudulent healthcare providers.

NAMSS publishes Synergy, a bi-monthly journal.

Qualifications gained from NAMSS

NAMSS offers two professional certifications:

CPCS
CPCS
CPCS is a non-profit civic initiative that was established in 2001 and was registered in 2005 at Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. It was established by a group of scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds ranging from politics to media and academia to writers and intellectuals...

 - Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist

CPMSM - Certified Professional Medical Services Management

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