URAC Core 9 -- v. 2.1 Proposed Revision

The proposed changes to Core 9, which deals with the staff assessment program, could not be more insignificant.  There are no substantive changes, and the only scoring change elevates, ever so slightly, the significance of the "review of relevant documentation produced by that individual staff member" over the annual performance appraisal, which, in the current version, are of equal weight. 

I'm guessing few people will be submitting searing comments on this proposed change.

The new standard would read:

The organization maintains a formal assessment program for individual staff members that includes: (---)
(a) An annual performance appraisal; and (Wt = 2)
(b) A review of relevant documentation produced by that individual staff member. (Wt = 3)