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Contact centers are an increasingly important aspect of health care delivery; instead of a simple “answer and transfer” utility, they play a critical role in improving the patient experience. Given that the contact center is often the gateway to provider networks, hospitals, clinics or health plans, your center’s timeliness, accuracy and quality of information can greatly affect patient satisfaction.
Organizations that earn URAC’s Contact Center Certification demonstrate they operate a sound business model that meets high industry standards. Clients recognize the URAC seal of approval as a key differentiator that can enhance their brand and support long-term growth.
Please note that URAC’s Contact Center Certification is for organizations that offer non-clinical transactions; call centers that provide clinical triage or clinical support services should apply for Health Call Center Accreditation.
Benefits of Accreditation
URAC certification demonstrates that an organization goes beyond regulatory compliance in its contact center operations and represents a commitment to excellence in service quality. Your URAC-certified contact center offers purchasers, patients and providers numerous benefits, including:
- Quick and effective call resolution using the proven technologies and software applications
- Consumer protections of information privacy and security, notifications, consent, operations oversight and consumer complaints processes
- Customer relations that promote transparency and integrity, with the goal of optimizing the user experience.
- Objective and systematic measurement, monitoring and evaluation of services and work processes, and implementation of quality improvement activities based upon the outcomes
- Risk management oversight and review protocols that reduce client liabilities, enhance data security and ensure regulatory compliance
Is This Accreditation Right For Me?
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What to Expect
URAC collaborates with your team to assess your approach to contact center management and creates a flexible framework for continuous improvement. While our experts define the standards of excellence, they do not prescribe how your organization should meet those standards.
Our three-year Contact Center Certification includes specific standards under the following Foundational Focus Areas:
- Risk Management
- Operations and Infrastructure
- Consumer Protection and Empowerment
URAC standards also address privacy and security, customer relations, communications technology and quality oversight.
The certification process takes less than six months. Review our Contact Center Standards-at-a-Glance for more information.
Who May Apply
Contact centers, including free-standing enterprises or embedded functions of a larger health care enterprise, that provide one or more of the following services may apply:
- Consumer Support Information and/or Advice
- Customer Service/Product Support
- Telemarketing/Telesales
Organizations providing clinical health triage services are not eligible for this program; instead, they should apply for URAC’s Health Call Center Accreditation.