URAC Core 5 -- Staff Qualifications


This standard may be the shortest ever:

Staff meets qualifications as outlined in written job descriptions. (Primary)

It carries a weight of 3, and, like Core 4, has a straightforward documentation requirement at the AccreditNet phase of the process: submit job descriptions.  You may (and should) submit the same documents you submitted for Core 4.

The difference here with Core 4 is in the onsite review: for the staff members selected from the employee directory, the reviewer will compare the job descriptions' requirements to the résumés of the respective employees to make sure that they meet the requirements as outlined in the job descriptions.  The personnel file audit we recommend in our lengthier blog on the topic (click here) should include a check for that concurrence between job descriptions and résumés.