URAC

Headquarters and Offices

URAC

Type	Nonprofit
Industry	Healthcare
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Washington, DC , United States
Key people	Shawn Griffin, MD, President and CEO
Products	Accreditation, Education and Measurement Services
Number of employees	over 60
Website	www.urac.org

The URAC offices are located in Washington, DC at 1220 L Street, NW.[1] URAC is in the heart of the city, close to the White House, the Capitol and congressional offices and major transportation hubs.[2] About half of URAC staff members work from the Washington, DC office and half work from home offices around the United States.

Accreditation Programs and Application Process

URAC's accreditation programs include specialty pharmacy, digital health, utilization management, health plan, case management and many others across the health care spectrum.[3] URAC's accreditation programs require organizations to demonstrate how they meet standards set by experts in health care in the areas of patient management, pharmacy product handling, patient communications, credentialing of providers, review timelines, and patient safety and security.[4] In order to earn an accreditation, organizations must submit a variety of policies and procedures which are reviewed by a URAC accreditation reviewer (a nurse or pharmacist). Following this review, applications are blinded and given to URAC's Accreditation Committee for review. Most organizations complete the accreditation process is about a year.[5]

ACCREDITATION PROGRAMS

URAC offers accreditation programs for health care organizations throughout the industry, with a focus on pharmacies, health plans and digital health. URAC's 1,100-plus clients comprise leaders in health care who rely on accreditation to signify their commitment to the highest quality health care.[6]

URAC offers almost 50 accreditation and certification programs in six key specialty areas:

• Pharmacy
• Patient Care Management
• Administrative Management
• Digital Health and Telehealth
• Health Plan
• Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity

URAC's accreditation and certification programs:

• Case Management
• Clinically Integrated Network
• Community Pharmacy
• Contact Center Certification
• Credentials Verification Organization
• Dental Network
• Dental Plan
• Disease Management
• Drug Therapy Management
• Employer-Based Population Health
• Health Call Center
• Health Care Management Certification
• Health Content Provider Certification
• Health Network
• Health Plan
• Health Plan with Long-Term Services and Supports
• Health Utilization Management
• Health Website Accreditation
• Independent Medical Examination
• Independent Review Organization
• Infusion Pharmacy
• Integrated Behavioral Health Designation
• Mail Service Pharmacy
• Marketplace Health Plan
• Measurement-Based Care Designation
• Medicaid Health Plan
• Medicaid with Long-Term Services and Supports
• Medicare Advantage
• Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Supplier
• Mental Health Parity
• Opioid Stewardship Designation
• Patient-Centered Medical Home Certification
• Pharmacy Benefit Management
• Provider-Based Population Health
• Rare Disease Designation
• Remote Patient Monitoring
• Small Health Plan
• Small Mail Service Pharmacy
• Small Specialty Pharmacy
• Specialty Pharmacy
• Specialty Pharmacy Services
• Specialty Physician Practice Dispensing
• Telehealth
• Telehealth Support Services Certification
• Transitions Of Care Designation
• Workers’ Compensation and Property & Casualty Pharmacy Benefit Management
• Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management