In managed care credentialing, delegation is defined as a formal process by which an organization gives another entity the authority and responsibility to perform certain functions on its behalf through a contractual arrangement. For health plans that wish to delegate components of its credentialing process to another entity, NCQA and URAC require several elements to be in place, including a predelegation assessment, a delegation agreement, and oversight assessment activities.

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As physician practices transition to value-based care and incorporate population health management (PHM) solutions into their day-to-day workflows, there are opportunities to close the communication gaps that can lead to opioid abuse. By aggregating and analyzing data across the care continuum, healthcare organizations can proactively recognize patients with conditions that put them at risk for abuse (e.g., cancer, COPD, and muscular skeletal disorders), flag specialists that are overprescribing, and note which pharmacies are dispensing the most opioid prescriptions.

A recent report provides five system-level strategies with specific initiative examples for hospitals to improve prevention, identification, and treatment of opioid use disorder.