In 2008, URAC revised nearly every one of its two-dozen accreditation programs and rolled out four  new accreditation programs including Mail Service Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, Workers Compensation and Property and Casualty Pharmacy, and Comprehensive Wellness Standards and Measures.  Join us for a free webinar with The CEO of Integral Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Thomas G. Goddard, JD, PhD, one of the industry’s premier URAC analysts.  Topics covered will include:

• New Requirements for Measuring and Reporting Performance
  Until now, the requirement to measure and report outcomes applied primarily to HMO payers.  With URAC's new embrace of outcomes and process measurements, a growing number of non-HMO companies will be required to measure and report performance.  Find out how healthcare accreditation is being revolutionized by the introduction of these new measures as an integral component of accreditation programs.
  
• Integrating Medical Management -- Case, Utilization, Disease, and Drug Therapy Management
  Many senior executives and observers of the U.S. healthcare industry have cited the rise and maturation of medical management as the industry's single greatest transformation in the last 10 years.  The integration of case management, utilization management, disease management, and even drug therapy management, has forever changed how patients receive care.  You'll come away from this program with a deeper understanding of how URAC's accreditation standards are driving a quality revolution within medical management, one that will touch very nearly every consumer, provider, and payer in the healthcare world.
  
• Wellness Programs -- Are They Ripe Enough for Accreditation?  Or is Accreditation What They Need?
  As research increasingly points to lifestyle as a formidable predictor of health outcomes, wellness programs are sweeping the nation.  Yet, there has been little agreement to date about which interventions work, what outcomes to measure, and what separates the good programs from the not-so-good.  URAC's new Comprehensive Wellness Standards and Measures are posed to do what URAC did for medical management 20 years ago, that is, bring a consistent language and standards to wellness programs.  This talk will provide a road map to the emerging world of wellness, along with prognostications about how it will affect the entire healthcare system in coming years.
  
• URAC's Aggressive New Approach to Managed Care Pharmacy Accreditations
  Even if your organization is not directly affected by URAC's new pharmacy accreditation programs, there is a great likelihood at least one of your business partners is.  You'll come away from this talk with a deeper understanding of the new environment in which all of these companies -- whether accredited or not -- must now operate.
  

Who Should Attend:

• CEO, COO or CFO
• Chief Risk Officer
• Chief Compliance Officer
• LOB executives with risk management responsibility
• Board of Directors

About the Presenter:

The CEO of Integral Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Thomas G. Goddard, JD, PhD, is one of the industry’s premier URAC analysts.  He and his colleagues have been poring over the thousands of changes to URAC accreditation standards, and he is ready to share his insights with you.  In this 90-minute webinar, Dr. Goddard will summarize URAC's busiest year in its 18-year history and provide his insights on what the changes will mean to healthcare executives in HMOs, PPOs, medical management companies, PBMs, and HIT companies.