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.
“It’s our mission to facilitate learning across the healthcare spectrum, which helps create the framework for continuous quality improvement,” said Kylanne Green, President and CEO, URAC. “By releasing our full PCMH standards free of charge, it’s our goal to not only improve healthcare and protect consumers, but also to help practices across the country create sustainable change.”
URAC’s PCMH Certification program identifies and addresses the essential standard elements needed for sustainable transformation from a physician practice or healthcare clinic into a Patient Centered Medical Home.
The URAC-certified PCMH:
- Provides enhanced access to primary care
- Improves delivery of preventive services
- Helps patients make healthy lifestyle choices
- Uses the latest health information technology and evidence-based medical approaches
- Reduces emergency room visits and hospitalizations
- Improves care coordination
- Provides high-quality disease management
Organizations seeking URAC PCMH Certification are still required to apply and pay for certification. To learn more, visit http://info.urac.org/pcmh-standards.
