Best in Business Awards - 2024

OVERVIEW: URAC is an independent accreditor committed to improving healthcare quality through 50 accreditation programs. URAC collaborates with diverse stakeholders to ensure excellence.

IMPACT ACHIEVED: URAC’s initiatives deliver measurable improvements in efficiency and outcomes. By reducing accreditation timing by 25%, URAC enables organizations to implement quality measures faster, directly enhancing patient care. Specialty pharmacies accredited by URAC have reduced dispensing errors to less than 1% and improved response times to patient calls, with 86% of calls answered within 30 seconds. Additionally, Texas Tech University Health Sciences used URAC accreditation to demonstrate telehealth’s efficacy for incarcerated individuals, leading to state approval.

DISTINCTIVE EDGE: URAC addresses evolving healthcare needs, recently launching health equity and community health worker program accreditations.