On April 3, URAC (one of the leading independent health care accreditation organizations) released revised standards for public comment for disease management (DM) and case management (CM) organizations. The primary new standards relate to information therapy (Ix) and health literacy.

You can find the most relevant sections on pages 18-21 of the CM standards and pages 22-24 of the DM standards.

This represents an important step forward in the growing expectation that Ix be delivered as part of the normal delivery of care, particularly for people with chronic or complex conditions.

Organizations that want to submit public comments to URAC to make recommendations and/or voice support for these new standards, need to respond by by May 21.

The IxCenter continues to work with other organizations to promote the expectation of Ix delivery and enhance market rewards for it.

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