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MediCall Files UR Plan With California Division of Workers' Compensation

Posted on: Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 15:01 CST

California based MediCall, a specialized healthcare services provider, today announced that it has filed its Utilization Review (UR) Plan with the California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC). The announcement coincides with MediCall going into production with its California UR program; designed with the goal of facilitating a cost effective provision of quality healthcare for California injured workers.

The MediCall plan was designed in accordance with California regulatory requirements and URAC WCUM (Workers' Compensation Utilization Management) standards. The MediCall UR program supports a wide range of reviews: prospective, concurrent, retrospective and appeals. First level reviews will be handled by MediCall's BSN prepared Registered Nurse team, with second level reviews being managed by MediCall's URAC accredited peer review partner.

"We are pleased to announce the filing of our plan with the California DWC and are excited to offer our services to California's injured workers," commented John Chess, MediCall's CEO. "MediCall's UR program has been designed to meet the high quality and stringent accreditation standards outlined by URAC while also ensuring that we are compliant with California's specific requirements."

MediCall's California UR program is the company's first step toward a national utilization program, expected to be fully implemented later this year. The application for certification as a Texas Utilization Review Agent is already under review by the Texas Department of Insurance.

For additional information on the utilization review process in California visit www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/UR_Main.htm.

About MediCall

Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, MediCall, Inc. is a specialized global healthcare service provider for the workers' compensation and healthcare services markets. In addition to its U.S. operations, MediCall offers global Service Centers staffed with healthcare professionals enabling MediCall clients to easily extend the reach of their medical and disability management programs. MediCall's vast network of healthcare staff includes highly experienced nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. With its breadth and depth of in-house healthcare expertise and world-class, highly secure healthcare IT infrastructure, MediCall is uniquely positioned to offer top-quality, cost-efficient healthcare related services. The industry's tremendous (and growing) staffing challenge due to the U.S. nursing shortage, combined with cost containment pressures being faced by today's insurance market, make MediCall's services an attractive option for virtually any workers' compensation or healthcare insurance related company looking to achieve significant and measurable benefits. MediCall services are designed exclusively for the healthcare market and are both HIPAA compliant and URAC Core accredited.

For additional information on MediCall, please visit the website at www.medicall.us, email us at info@medicall.us, or call us at 925-469-1295.

Source: Business Wire

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