Implications of URAC Accreditation to Be Discussed During Conference

The implications of URAC accreditation for California’s workers’ comp utilization review system will be discussed at 8:30 a.m. Saturday during a California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery conference in Long Beach. Dr. Douglas Benner, chief medical officer of EK Health Services, will be joined by Steve Cattolica, CSIMS’ director of government relations, to discuss the topic, “What Does URAC Accreditation Really Mean?” Under California Senate Bill 1160, utilization review organizations must be accredited beginning July 1 by an independent, nonprofit...