Care to Care Earns Preferred Vendor Designation from The Association of Community Affiliated Plans

NEW YORK, NY– December 5, 2011 – Care to Care, a URAC-accredited Radiology Benefit Management (RBM) company, was recently designated as a Preferred Vendor by the Association of Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP).

The ACAP Preferred Vendor Program provides streamlined access to pre-qualified vendors in areas of interest specific to ACAP plans and their membership.  Each vendor must be sponsored and approved by a member plan in ACAP’s network and understand the unique needs of the patient populations network members serve in Medicaid, Medicare and SCHIP programs.  Care to Care’s induction as a Preferred Vendor was sponsored by ACAP member Elderplan. 

Diagnostic imaging, one of the fastest growing components of healthcare costs, has developed so rapidly that physicians have not yet integrated the strengths of new exams into their practices or accounted for their limitations, and tests are frequently ordered without a firm knowledge of what they can contribute to diagnostic certainty.  Care to Care’s RBM programs help reduce wasteful medical imaging by assuring that tests ordered are appropriate for the clinical condition and are likely to provide useful information to the patient.

“ACAP is pleased to welcome Care to Care to our Preferred Vendor Program,” said Margaret A. Murray, ACAP Chief Executive Officer.  “This program and the Vendor Education Series – an opportunity for our members to learn from Preferred Vendors about topics of interest – have proven to be of great value to ACAP member plans.”
 
“We sponsored Care to Care after we saw the value in cost savings and patient safety that their solutions brought to the table,” said Hany Abdelaal, DO, Elderplan’s Chief Medical Officer.  “Previously, radiology was a very high cost, unmanaged benefit. Working with Care to Care helped Elderplan target the monitoring and management of what had become a hidden cost center. As a result, Care to Care’s impact on Elderplan’s spending on high-tech radiology utilization was significant.”

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