Overview
Utilization Management, Care Management, Independent Review and other patient management activities are a vital part of today’s health care landscape. It’s essential that these organizations exhibit the highest quality.
URAC sets the bar for quality in patient management with the development of the first-ever voluntary accreditation programs in this sector. Your partners recognize URAC as the leading independent accrediting body in the United States for patient management activities.
Only URAC brings you the wide range of expertise and industry insight that comes from accrediting more health care organizations in more sectors. URAC brings together industry experts and innovators—including payers, purchasers, providers and vendors—from throughout the health care ecosystem to help develop quality improvement programs that protect your organization and prepare it to thrive.
Mental Health at Work Accreditation
Showcases your organization's commitment to your employees' mental health.
Health Equity Accreditation
Allowing all health care organizations to highlight their commitment to health equity in the communities they serve.
Health care organizations across the United States select URAC as an accreditation partner by design:
- Industry knowledge. URAC offers clients a remarkable width and depth of industry expertise, best practices and data gleaned over 30 years and the development of 40+ programs. That body of knowledge grows daily.
- Collaboration. Every health care organization is different. The URAC team of experts works closely with each client to customize a supportive process that is not prescriptive yet guides them toward achieving their specific goals.
- Prestige. URAC, one of the oldest and most trusted independent quality validators, is highly regarded for its thorough, science-based standards.
Health Utilization Management Accreditation
Applies to stand-alone UM Organizations and to UM functions inside health benefit programs
Case Management Accreditation
Provides for interactive care coordination in collaboration with patients and other stakeholders
Telehealth Accreditation
Performs and/or delegates health care services via telecommunications technology
Remote Patient Monitoring Accreditation
Uses digital technologies to collect health data and transmit to health care providers
Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management Accreditation
Provides for determination of medical necessity for workers covered under a Workers' Compensation program
Health Contact Center Accreditation
Communications centers for clinical and/or non-clinical support
Disease Management Accreditation
Manages a population with chronic disease and co-morbidities
Specialty Physician Practice Dispensing Accreditation
Physician's office dispensing specialty medications from a physician order.
*eligible for Rare Disease Certification
Transitions Of Care Designation
Coordinates services, education and information-sharing between hospitals, physicians, post-acute care providers and patients
Why URAC
URAC’s Patient Management accreditation offer unmatched prestige for organizations that achieve the URAC accreditation seal – recognized by health plans, employers, regulators and providers, as the gold standard in accreditation.
URAC’s accreditation standards provide key performance benchmarks, raise the bar on quality improvement efforts, and support consumer protection and empowerment. URAC’s facilitative approach to the accreditation process encourages learning in the organization, leading to improved operations and regulatory compliance activities.