Join Us for our 45th IAMSS Educational Conference!

June 4, 2026 7:30 AM - 5:15 PM
June 5, 2026:  7:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Embassy Suites by Hilton

100 Conference Center Drive

East Peoria, IL 61611

Agenda
Thursday, June 4
7:30 am - 8:15 am:  Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:30 am:  President  & Board Welcome
8:30 am - 9:30 am:  How Bright is Your Halo - Melissa Walters, MHA, FMSP, CPMSM, CPCS
9:30 am - 9:45 am:  Morning Break/Raffles/Vendors
9:45 am - 10:45 am:  Break out Rooms

·       Break out Room 1:  Leadership Trials & Tribulations of a Medical Staff Services Department – Stephanie Russell, CPMSM, CPCS – Greeley Senior Healthcare Consultant

·       Break out Room 2:  Inside the CVO:  Managing in a High –Stakes Credentialing Environment – Donna Goestenkors, CPMSM, EMSP, CLE & Rachelle Silva, CPCS, CPMSM, CLE – Team Med Global

10:00 am - 11:00 am:  Break/Raffles/Vendors

11: 00 am – Noon:  Applying Effective Peer Review Remedial Measures to Avoid Databank Reports & Hearings –            Michael Callahan, Esq – Senior Healthcare Consultant – The Hardenbergh Group

Noon – 1:15 pm:  Lunch and Vendors

1:15 pm – 2: 15 pm:  AI Overview, the History and How We, As MSPs Can Use It – Joseph Travagline, CPMSM, RHIA NAMSS AI Task Force

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm:  Break Out Rooms

·       Break out Room 1: The Joint Commission:  OPPE & FPPE Expectations – Tiffany Wiksten, DNP, RNB, CIC – Associate Director – The Joint Commission

·       Break out Room 2:  NCQA Reimagined:  Navigating the New Credentialing Standards   – Donna Goestenkors, CPMSM, EMSP, CLE & Rachelle Silva, CPCS, CPMSM, CLE – Team Med Global

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm:   Afternoon Break/Raffles/Vendors
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm:  Optimizing Provider Onboarding:  Creating a Seamless Start for New Clinicians - Thomas Heitz, CPCS – Senior Consultant HealthStream
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm:  NAMSS Update

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm: IAMSS Business Meeting
6:00 pm  Evening Reception

Friday, June 5th
7:00 am -7:25 am  Vendor Time 
7:25 am – 7:30 am  Welcome Back
7:30 am – 8:30 am  Comparing the Scope of Privileging Under the IMSA and PSA and Impact on MSPs – Michael Callahan, Esq, Senior Healthcare Consultant – The Hardenbergh Group
8:30 am - 9:30 am  Break Out Rooms

·       Break out Room 1:  Verify & Comply:  CMS, TJC, NCQA, ACHC, & DNV – Stephanie Russell, CPMSM, CPCS – Senior Consultant – The Greeley Company

·       Break out Room 2:  Leveraging Data   – Melissa Walters, MHA, FMSP, CPMSM, CPCS

9:30 am – 9:45 am:  Morning Break/Raffles/Vendor Time

9:45 am – 10:45 am:  IDFPR Updates – Katie Workman, Deputy Director, Licensing & Testing, Division of Professional Regulations

10:45 am – 11:45 am:  APP’s:  Scope of Practice Updates – Susan Swart, EdD, MS, RN, CAE – President & CEO, SYS Consulting