Panel Discussion: Challenges and Outlook for Telehealth in the Changing Healthcare Economy (Webinar)
The use of telehealth services is expanding rapidly – driven both by patient demand and provider-to-provider interactions. Over 800,000 web-based clinical visits were made in 2015. It is predicted that there will be 7 million telehealth encounters of all types by 2018. As fast as this industry segment is growing, there are few performance benchmarks,…
Independent Review Organization v5.0 Accreditation Webinar
The URAC Independent Review Organization Accreditation standards assure that organizations that perform this service establish qualifications for physician reviewers, address medical necessity and experimental treatment issues, have reasonable time periods for standard and expedited reviews, and appeals processes. The URAC-accredited Independent Review Organization validates that it is free from conflicts of interest and strives for…
How Three Clinically Integrated Networks Achieved Measurable Benefits from the Accreditation Process
Registration is free for this 90-minute on-demand webinar, in which two CEOs and a VP from three leading healthcare networks share their journey of becoming a clinically integrated network (CIN), and the benefits of achieving URAC Clinical Integration Accreditation. A year after attaining URAC Clinical Integration Accreditation, the team at Phoenix Children’s Care Network (PCCN)…
Primary Source Verification of Credentials
URAC’s accreditation standards are rigorous, and our reviewers have seen common themes on which standards organizations struggle with. So, before your organization begins the accreditation process, you’ll want to listen to our webinar series on the most frequently missed standards. Each webinar, presented by a URAC reviewer in less than 30 minutes, focuses on one…
Health Utilization Management Accreditation and Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management Workshop
This is the on-demand webcast of the event that was live streamed from the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. URAC developed the first Health Utilization Management (HUM) Review Standards to ensure that organizations conducting utilization review followed a process that was clinically sound and respected patients’ and providers’ rights while…
The Road to Organizational Management Certification
In February 2018, URAC released its new Organizational Management Certification, which offers independent third-party validation of operational elements in organizations within the healthcare industry or serving healthcare organizations but not eligible for other URAC recognition programs. Derived from URAC’s Core accreditation, the Organizational Management Certification rigorously validates the capabilities of an organization in all the…
URAC’s Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Accreditation: What You Need to Know
Home Infusion Therapy has moved away from a service predominantly provided by home health agencies to one increasingly reliant on pharmacies. URAC, the industry leader in pharmacy accreditation, has long supported the professional role of pharmacists. The launch of a Home Infusion Therapy Supplier (HITS) Accreditation Program focusing on the role of the pharmacist in…
The Future of Telehealth is Here – Promote safety, security and patient outcomes through virtual visits
https://youtu.be/I74lrAs2Zcs Join Dr. Shawn Griffin, President & CEO of URAC, and Emily Woodard, Associate Director of Clinical Quality with Teladoc, a URAC-accredited national leader in telehealth services, on a live webinar where they will discuss the connection between telehealth services and security, health outcomes and patient safety. Learn how accreditation can assist with growth in…
Webinar: Mental Health Parity
If you’re in health care, you’ve likely heard the term mental health parity, but you may not be entirely clear on how your organization can become and stay compliant or what might happen if you’re not. In this webinar, URAC’s President & CEO Dr. Shawn Griffin addresses parity regulations, why you should care and what…