December 20, 1999
MCOL enters
into Managed Care Store partnership with URAC
Modesto,
CA - Managed Care On-Line™ members and MCOL web site visitors can now order
URAC (also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission)
publications from MCOL’s Managed Care Store at www.mcareol.com/mcolfree/mcolfre1/yurac.htm.
"We
are pleased to offer Managed Care On-Line™ members and MCOL web site visitors
a variety of URAC publications and resources developed for healthcare
organizations. URAC publications
include: The PPO Guide, Directory of Accredited Organizations, Survey of State
Health Utilization Review Laws & Regulations, Models of Care: Case Studies
in Healthcare Delivery Innovation, and Case Management State Laws: A 50 State
Survey; and all of URAC’s accreditation standards, each at an affordable
price," stated Claire Bollier Thayer, MCOL Director Research and
Development.
“Two
essential components of URAC’s mission are education and communication,”
said Garry Carneal, President and Chief Executive Officer, URAC.
“This partnership with MCOL serves both components very well.
URAC always appreciates opportunities such as this to get its research on
health care quality improvement and its national standards in front of new
audiences.”
URAC is a
501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization founded in 1990 to establish
standards for the managed care industry. URAC has issued over 1,200
accreditation certificates to more than 300 health care entities that do
business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The companies accredited
by URAC provide health care services to more than 120 million Americans.
URAC’s broad-based board of directors includes representation from all the
constituencies affected by managed care — employers, consumers, regulators,
health care providers, and the workers’ compensation and managed care
industries. Representatives of these constituencies participate in the
development of standards, the administration of URAC’s accreditation programs,
and other URAC activities.
MCOL
is a healthcare information technology company specializing in delivering
managed care knowledge resources to professionals involved in managed care via
the Internet and through software applications. MCOL business lines include:
Managed Care On-Line™ and Global HealthResources.Com, internet
membership-based services providing managed care knowledge resources through
member only web sites, e-mail delivery services and optional software; Managed
Care Store, a one-stop shopping place for managed care informational resources;
and Software Development and Services. MCOL is based in Modesto, California with
additional offices in Portland, Oregon.
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