URAC Accreditation

Press Release - December 8, 2000:

Individualized Care Management, Inc. Receives URAC Accreditation

Individualized Care Management, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded accreditation for their Health Utilization Management program by URAC (also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission).

Individualized Care Management, Inc. is a medical management company who provides services to over 350 self-funded employers throughout the United States. Headquartered in Lafayette, IN, ICM also has offices in Indianapolis, Anderson, Evansville, Terre Haute, Warsaw, IN and Cincinnati, OH. ICM offers health care management programs as well as disease management and other services designed to assist employers in controlling health care costs. ICM currently works on behalf of approximately 387,500 covered employee lives located throughout the United States.

Ann Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of ICM, states, "ICM is proud to have achieved accreditation from URAC and we are looking forward to continued opportunities to expand our marketplace. URAC accreditation demonstrates our commitment to providing quality health management services for our clients."

URAC is a non-profit organization that has issued over 1200 accreditation certificates to over 300 managed care organizations doing business in all 50 states. URAC accredited companies provide health care to more than 120 million Americans. URAC accreditation standards are recognized nationally as providing benchmarks for quality in managed care organizations.

Garry Carneal, URAC President and CEO, said, "By applying for and receiving URAC accreditation, Individualized Care Management has demonstrated a commitment to quality health care. Quality health care is crucial to our nation’s welfare and it is important to have organizations that are willing to measure themselves against national standards."

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