MCN Awarded URAC Accreditation

Seattle, WA (September 1, 2010): Medical Consultants Network, Inc has been awarded Independent Review Organization accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

The URAC accreditation process demonstrates a commitment to quality services and serves as a framework to improve business processes through benchmarking organizations against nationally recognized standards.

“Medical Consultants Network is pleased and honored to receive the Independent Review Organization accreditation from URAC,” said Brian Grant MD, Chairman and Medical Director of MCN. “We are pleased to be recognized in the industry for providing outstanding services. Such a distinction also underscores the quality of our work with clients, patients and providers by demonstrating compliance with national standards for peer review services.” Paul Mayer, President and CEO sees this as an opportunity for MCN to continue its growth and diversification in the medical cost containment area, “It is MCN’s commitment to on-going quality medical assessments that gives our client base the assurance that their medical dollars are being spent appropriately.”

Medical Consultants Network (www.mcn.com) founded by Dr. Grant in 1985, is a leading provider of medical assessment and cost management solutions. Through its carve-out network of physicians, MCN serves group health, workers’ compensation, auto, disability and liability insurers, and self-insured employers by providing independent medical evaluations, peer reviews, and other medical assessments.  Services are provided either directly to insurers, federal and state agencies, and self-insured employers, or indirectly through third party administrators. MCN operates 15 offices, with four call centers (Seattle, New York, Tampa, Chicago) and regional offices strategically located near client clusters nationally.