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URAC Government Relations

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

URAC Joins Other Stakeholders in Urging Policymakers to Leverage Digital Health to Combat Pandemic

By URAC Staff | March 15, 2021

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…

Opportunities for Bipartisanship Still Exist on Key Health Care Issues

By URAC Staff | November 4, 2020

  By now I’m sure you have read just about every article there is to read about health care issues that were on the ballot this November. As of late, the confirmation of…

URAC and 80 Organizations Call on DEA to Create Registry for Telemedicine Treatment of Substance Abuse

By URAC Staff | October 27, 2020

On Oct. 26th, URAC joined 80 other organizations, led by the Alliance for Connected Care, is calling for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to implement a telemedicine special registration.…