URAC seeks comments on its ACO accreditation
Accreditation firm URAC is seeking public comment on standards and measures for a new accreditation program being developed for accountable care organizations.
The accreditation program will include standards for basic organizational and operational components of a clinically integrated network, as well as standards to reflect a certain level of capability in risk contracting, consumer centeredness and quality management, according to URAC. In addition to standards, the program will include measures that align with Medicare’s Shared Savings Program.
The firm calls its new program a roadmap for health providers to achieve clinical integration and accountable care. An advisory committee of industry experts designed the accountable care accreditation for organizations prepared to assume greater risk and manage their patient populations, which requires a more technologically and programmatically robust organization. In addition to the standards, URAC is proposing to include measures with the accountable care accreditation.
More information is available here and comments are due on May 17.
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