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Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation Overview
Infusion pharmacy is a rapidly growing area of specialty pharmacy services that can deliver substantial value to patients as well as payers, health systems and manufacturers.
To assure the highest quality care, URAC, the nation’s leading independent health care accreditation authority, offers two accreditations, which many organizations pursue simultaneously:
- Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation — Addresses infusion therapy for all patients (except Medicare) and sites of administration. This accreditation includes infusion management and pharmacy options standards.
- Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Accreditation — Addresses infusion therapy for Medicare patients in the home. This accreditation includes infusion management standards.
Once you begin the process, your organization can be fully accredited in six months or less.
Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation Benefits
URAC's Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation helps assure stakeholders that your organization meets the highest quality standards. Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation has a focus on infusion patient management and pharmacy operations.
- Benefits of URAC’s Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation include:
- Validating best practices in patient care and safety
- Demonstrating coordinated patient care via a multidisciplinary team
Preparing you to meet specialized reporting requirements, monitor therapy-related safety protections and other ongoing specialty considerations
Accreditation Process: What to Expect
At URAC, our accreditation process is more than collecting metrics and checking boxes. URAC offers your organization a collaborative, comprehensive learning experience designed to enhance knowledge and promote quality practices.
The program helps highlight the work your organization already does or can help guide your practice as you build the infrastructure to support infusion patients.
Who May Apply
To be eligible for URAC’s Infusion Pharmacy Accreditation, an organization must dispense infusion medications and provides infusion services to patients for administration in the home or other ambulatory care sites. Organizations must be licensed as a pharmacy and operating in the U.S. Download our Infusion Pharmacy Standards-at-a-Glance for more information.
If your organization provides infusion services to Medicare patients for administration in the home, URAC's Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Accreditation may be right for you.