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URAC's accreditation programs include specialty pharmacy, digital health, utilization management, health plan, case management, and others. [4] In order to earn an accreditation, organizations submit various policies and procedures which are reviewed by a nurse or pharmacist and then the Accreditation Committee. [5] Accreditation lasts for ...
Drug use/ utilization evaluation and medication utilization evaluations are the same as drug utilization review. [ 3 ] With the development of society and the economy, the costs of health care grows rapidly, and this becomes a burden on the worldwide health protection system. [ 4 ]
Utilization management is "a set of techniques used by or on behalf of purchasers of health care benefits to manage health care costs by influencing patient care decision-making through case-by-case assessments of the appropriateness of care prior to its provision," as defined by the Institute of Medicine [1] Committee on Utilization Management by Third Parties (1989; IOM is now the National ...
Unnecessary health care (overutilization, overuse, or overtreatment) is health care provided with a higher volume or cost than is appropriate. [1] In the United States, where health care costs are the highest as a percentage of GDP, overuse was the predominant factor in its expense, accounting for about a third of its health care spending ($750 billion out of $2.6 trillion) in 2012.
U.S. stocks fell Friday as investor sentiment turned gloomy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed more than 300 points lower, while the Nasdaq Composite Index, which contains more technology ...
The crash sent the taxi careening onto the sidewalk, where the vehicle hit the 51-year-old woman and two men, 44 and 49. The woman was “pinned” against a fence by the vehicle, a police source said
HCUP Logo. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced "H-Cup") is a family of healthcare databases and related software tools and products from the United States that is developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Matt Rempe of the New York Rangers has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety to discuss his boarding and elbowing of Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen.