URAC’s Strategic Plan Migrates into Tactical Planning Phase

By Robin Adams on 7/6/17 3:00 PM

As our strategic planning process transitions into the tactical planning phase, it’s important that all URAC staff understand our three-year strategic plan. To that end, I’ve sent a calendar invite for three separate dates for a lunch presentation on the strategic plan, to accommodate everyone’s schedules.

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URAC’s “2016 Year in Review” Tells Our Story in a Fun, Visual Format

By Allison King on 7/6/17 2:59 PM

This isn’t your stodgy annual report. URAC tells its story in the “2016 Year in Review” – a visual report that gives a snapshot of accomplishments in 2016, describes our mission and values, articulates what we do and why we do it, and provides employee stats.

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The Senate Plans a Vote on Healthcare Reform

By Aaron Turner-Phifer, Vice President, Government Relations and Policy on 7/6/17 2:57 PM

On June 22, the Senate released the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA) - its version of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Senate version comes weeks after the House passed its version, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), by a narrow four vote margin on May 6th.

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The Measurement Portal is Open

By Marybeth Farquhar on 7/6/17 2:09 PM

We are pleased to announce that the web-based measure portal opened on July 1 for the submission of 2016 performance measures. 

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Our Marketing "Stack" and What We've Accomplished in Marketing & Sales

By Allison King on 7/6/17 1:59 PM

It's been around nine months since we initiated the content marketing strategy with implementation and integration of the Hubspot marketing automation tool and launch of the blog, The URAC Report.

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URAC Staff Attends CMSA 2017 Annual Conference

By Che Parker on 7/6/17 12:54 PM

URAC staff took our expertise and winning personalities to the CMSA 2017 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, last week.

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URAC Does DC

By Maggie Cornett on 7/6/17 11:44 AM

While a small, yet close knit company it’s a rare opportunity when the entire URAC team gets to party.  Such a chance arose this past month during the hottest and most humid week of our summer. 

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Spotlight: Q&A With Peggy Reed

By Allison King on 7/6/17 9:32 AM

The Monthly Review spotlights a different URACer each month in a Q&A. This month it's Peggy Reed, who has been with URAC for nearly five years.

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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