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The URAC Government Relations team engages with policymakers and other health care stakeholders to help build upon a common value - better patient outcomes.
What We Do
Our Government Relations team works closely with state and federal officials, to build policy, assess quality of care, that is paid for and what is regulated, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
These government agencies utilize URAC programs, like Health Plan Accreditation, Patient-Centered Medical Home Certification as tools to help increase oversight responsibilities and regulated patient outcomes.
URAC, also shares our expertise with health care stakeholders across the industry and partner with consumer groups and organizations to support and shape policy to improve health care for all.
Our Government relations team is available to answer your questions about URAC programs and how to work together to advance better outcome.
URAC Government Relations News
States Continue to Target Accreditation in Effort to Regulate PBMs
It’s been a busy year thus far in many state houses and the effort to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) hasn’t slowed down. Several state legislatures have considered bills to…
New Parity Statute Codifies Existing Guidance, Includes New Obligations for Health Plans
Most of you know that at the end of last year Congress approved an omnibus spending bill that included funding for COVID-19 relief, as well as a number of other measures related to private health insurance.
URAC Joins Other Stakeholders in Urging Policymakers to Leverage Digital Health to Combat Pandemic
We’ve all seen the stories of the marked increase in telehealth utilization over the last year or so in response to the ongoing public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, while there has…