URAC Core 8 -- v. 2.1 Proposed Revision

This standard, which focuses on staff operational tools and support, changes in only one substantive way -- URAC proposes to move a training requirement for state and federal regulations from Core 7 to this standard.  The new standard would read:

The organization provides staff with: (--)
(a) Written operational policies and procedures appropriate to their jobs; (Wt = 2)
(b) Clinical decision support tools as appropriate; and (Wt = 3)
(c) Regulatory requirements as related to their job function. (W = 3)

If there is a difference between requiring training in regulatory requirements and providing staff with regulatory requirements, I cannot detect it.  Similarly, the scoring changes are not particularly dramatic.