Hines Achieves URAC Accreditation Renewal
Hines – February 1st, 2022, Elgin, Illinois, USA – Hines, an independent leader in Medical Case Management and Health Utilization Management, and a member of the Global Excel family, today announced that it has successfully renewed its URAC accreditation for Case Management and Utilization Management.
URAC Case Management Accreditation demonstrates Hines’ excellence in care coordination, including behavioral health components, service access and utilization, patient engagement and care transitions.
URAC Health Utilization Management ensures the operational and clinical soundness of Hines’ health utilization process.
URAC is recognized by the federal government and by nearly every US state for their stringent set of nationally recognized, evidence-based standards and measures, while maintaining the highest confidentiality to protect all parties – patients, providers and payers.
“Ensuring our clients – and their members – consistently receive the highest quality care services available has always been a top priority at Hines. We’re proud to have successfully renewed our accreditation against the widely recognized URAC standards in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare industry”, said Steve McClung, CEO, Hines.
Our renewed accreditation underlines our commitment to continue delivering innovative healthcare management and cost containment solutions by providing effective assistance with optimal, quality outcomes for members, health plans and providers.
About Hines
Hines is a leading provider of healthcare management services established in 1987. We were acquired by Global Excel Management Inc. at the beginning of July 2021. Much like Hines, Global Excel is a family-owned full-service provider of global healthcare risk management solutions. Today, Hines continues being a nationwide leader delivering health care solutions and services that matter to you and your members, including cost containment, utilization management, case management solutions and services to payers, their members and providers.
About Global Excel Management Inc.
Global Excel is a full-service cost containment, claims management and medical assistance company offering a complete range of services to international, Canadian and U.S. domestic clients.
With over 1,800 corporate clients located in more than 90 countries around the world, Global Excel manages approximately 384,000 inpatient, outpatient and non-medical cases and files per year and processes over $1.95 billion in claims annually.