Che Parker

Che Parker, M.A., is vice president of sales and marketing at URAC. His 20 years of public relations, brand strategy and communications experience in healthcare includes positions at Kaiser Permanente, Geisinger Health System, Inova Health System and Suburban Hospital. Che is also the author of three fiction books.

Recent Posts

URAC CI Program Positioned to Help Clinically Integrated Networks Thrive

By Che Parker on 10/3/17 11:48 AM

I had the pleasure of listening to our President and CEO Kylanne Green speak at the World Congress 5th Annual Clinically and Financially Integrated Delivery Systems Summit. The session, “Recent Shifts in Health Care Policy and How to Modify and Adapt Growth and Acquisition Strategies in a Changing Landscape,” took place September 13 in Chicago, IL.

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Workers’ Compensation Conference Reveals New Trends

By Che Parker on 9/7/17 9:08 AM

In early August, the URAC Sales team had the pleasure of attending the 72nd Annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando, Florida. URAC was well represented not only by the Sales staff, but also our standout marketing presence in one of the most high-traffic areas (see photo). While there, we met several long-time URAC clients who sang our praises (thank you, kindly).

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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 a Hit at the 2017 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit

By Che Parker on 6/1/17 11:40 AM

URAC staff once again showed why we’re the gold standard in Specialty Pharmacy accreditation at this year’s Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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URAC Staff Attend 2017 ATA Conference, Host Shindig with Telemedicine Magazine

By Che Parker on 5/5/17 12:05 PM

I have to say, I’ve been to a lot of conferences in my time, but the 2017 American Telemedicine Association Annual Conference was the most productive one I’ve ever attended. Joe Walters, URAC’s Director of Sales, and Allison King, URAC’s Director of Marketing, brought their talents to Orlando and helped URAC not only secure new business leads, but also helped brand URAC at the 2017 Telemedicine Magazine Party.

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URAC Sales Staff Engage with Prospects at Key Industry Events

By Che Parker on 4/1/17 10:00 PM

URAC’s sales team recently spent a few days at the American Medical Group Association’s (AMGA) Annual Conference in Dallas, TX. We got the opportunity to chat with physicians, administrators and others about URAC’s unique offerings in the provider space. 

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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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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