Annual Meeting and Education Program
Host Facility: Shelby Baptist Medical Center
1000 1st STREET NORTH (off of Highway 31 South), ALABASTER, AL 35007
November 1, 2013
Bronze Sponsor: Hardenbergh Interim Staffing Group, Mary H. Hardenbergh
Program Agenda
8:00 a.m.
Welcome & Introductions – Myra Fell, CPMSM, AAMSS President
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Accreditation Survey Activity Networking and Pearls Harvested at 2013 NAMSS Meeting
Objectives: Membership networking of accreditation survey activity and best practices;
take-a-ways from the recent NAMSS Conference
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Faith Rhodes, CPMSM, MMHC, Director of Medical Staff Services Huntsville Hospital and NAMSS
Director-at-Large
Title topic: NAMSS Update
Objective: Provide AAMSS members with an update on current NAMSS topics, resources
and opportunities
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Representative April Weaver, House District 49 in the Alabama House of Representatives
Objectives: Brief Legislative Update
10:00 a.m. –11:00 a.m.
Charlene Cotton, RN, Nurse Consultant, Advanced Practice Nursing, Alabama Board of Nursing
Title: Recent CRNP Scope of Practice Changes
Objectives: Relate changes in CRNP Scope of Practice to individual practice settings and
credentialing requirements
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Paul Harrelson, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Program Director, Clinical Coordinator and Assistant
Professor at UAB Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
Title: UAB PA Program
Objectives: Provide AAMSS membership an overview of UAB PA program didactic year and clinical
year; discuss the credentialing process for PA students and identify the credentialing process
differences for PA students; discuss UAB’s policy of criminal background and drugs screening
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
AAMSS Business Meeting and Lunch compliments of Shelby Baptist
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Heinz A. Dueffer, MD, Emergency Department Medical Director, Shelby Baptist Medical Center
Topic: Locums and Scheduling in the ED
Objective: Provide an overview of scheduling Locum Tenens in the Emergency Department
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Jan Hickey, MSN, CRNP, Director Risk Management/Compliance
Topic: Medical Staff Credentialing - An Important Part of Risk Management
Objectives: Seminar participants will be able to 1) Understand legal considerations associated with
medical staff credentialing; 2) Identify strategies for performing effective medical staff credentialing
and 3) Obtain the ability to assess and enhance their organization’s credentialing process
Intended Audience:
Alabama Association of Medical Staff Services members, Medical Staff Services Professionals
**A Total of 6.0 CEUs are pending through NAMSS for this Program**
Next Meeting Date: February 7, 2014 at St. Vincent’s One Nineteen, 7191 Cahaba Valley Road, Hoover, AL 35242