Innovation at URAC: Genetics/Precision Medicine Accreditation

By Kylanne Green on 3/2/17 9:43 AM

As you heard at the February all staff meeting, URAC’s Board of Directors has given approval to proceed with the development of a Genetics/Precision Medicine (GPM) specialty network accreditation.

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URAC Releases Standards for Patient-Centered Medical Home

By Che Parker on 3/1/17 3:06 PM

Last week URAC made our PCMH standards publicly available. The release of the PCMH standards supports our mission by helping primacy care practices nationwide implement best practices for providing value-based, quality healthcare.

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URAC Testifies Before Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee

By Aaron Turner-Phifer, Vice President, Government Relations and Policy on 3/1/17 2:50 PM

On February 15th, representing URAC, I testified before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Labor and Industry Committee on the potential impact accreditation could have on reducing the variability among the state's utilization review organizations (UROs). 

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February Webinars Draw Nearly 600 Registrants

By Allison King on 3/1/17 2:40 PM

URAC drew a total of 590 registrants for its two informational webinars in February.

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Spotlight: Q&A with Laura Higginbotham, Accreditation Reviewer

By Allison King on 3/1/17 2:12 PM

The Monthly Review spotlights a different URACer each month in a Q&A. This month it's Laura Higginbotham, who has been with URAC for six years.

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URAC's Executive Team Joins Twitter

By Karen Megarbane on 3/1/17 2:00 PM

Social media is the best way for an organization to organically increase its visibility and assert itself as an influencer. 

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URAC Clients to Arrive Week of March 20

By Allison King on 3/1/17 1:54 PM

URAC will host workshops the week of March 20 in the two large conference rooms. Please be mindful of our guests using our facilities. The food and beverages provided in the lunchroom area will be for our workshop guests only.

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January Accreditation Numbers


New: 25
Reaccreditation: 16
Certification: 1
Provisional: 1
Conditional: 3

 

February Birthdays


Troy Reese: 2/6
Bryan McGann: 2/12
Laura Wood: 2/20
Greg McCray: 2/24
Rachel Kelly-Brown: 2/25
Armin Ahmetovic: 2/25
Christine Tao: 2/26
Nicole Haggins: 2/27

 

February Anniversaries


Bonnie Zickgraf – 12 years
Laura Higginbotham – 9 years
Sarata Kabore – 5 years
Brittany McCullough – 2 years
Kurt Acker – 2 years
Nick Peters – 2 years
Shawn Griffin – 1 year