Profession
Group revises quality standards
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Jan. 30, 2006
URAC, a nonprofit organization that promotes health care quality through accreditation and certification programs, recently rolled out revisions to its clinical accreditation standards, including new requirements for ongoing safety initiatives.
The changes affect accreditation programs in areas such as health utilization management, workers' compensation utilization management, case management, disease management and credentialing.
Other changes include standardizing terminology and definitions for URAC's clinical standards modules.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/01/30/prbf0130.htm.
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