MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concordia Care, Inc. (Concordia), a specialty risk-transfer and care coordination company, announces its distinction as the first and only managed behavioral health organization (MBHO) serving the group health and workers’ compensation industries to earn dual consecutive accreditations from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
“Accreditation from the nation’s most credible and trusted organizations is further acknowledgement of the high quality, more responsive and compassionate behavioral healthcare experience we provide to the people we serve nationwide,” says Joseph Berardo Jr., CEO, Concordia. “It’s also testimony to our team of experienced clinicians and professionals who are effectively agents of change, combining behavioral healthcare with clinical resources to improve outcomes and move patients toward full recovery. Our biopsychosocial approach to the members and injured workers we serve, focuses on the whole patient and their individual needs; not just their diagnosis in a vacuum. Everyday our talented team strives to inform, educate, support, guide and lend valuable clinical expertise where and when it is needed most.”
NCQA's MBHO accreditation demonstrates to insurers, health plans, employers, regulators and consumers that an organization follows evidence-based practices for providing high-quality care, access and consumer protections. MBHO accreditation emphasizes care coordination to reduce fragmented care -- especially for people with special needs, complex case management, and data exchange between insurers, health plans and behavioral healthcare organizations.
AAAHC is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1979 to assist ambulatory healthcare organizations in improving the quality of care provided to patients. Accreditation is an external, independent review of a healthcare delivery organization against nationally accepted standards and its own policies, procedures, processes and outcomes. The organization also commits to a thorough, on-site survey by AAAHC surveyors at least every three years.
Berardo adds, “As a recognized industry leader, Concordia provides a unique approach to risk transfer solutions and care coordination related to behavioral health patients and those with workplace injuries. Our team goes the extra mile to ensure that payers -- spanning insurers, government entities, self-insured plan sponsors and other managed care organizations – have a reliable and credible resource that delivers safe, high quality and compassionate services to their insureds.”
About Concordia Care, Inc.
Founded as a Managed Behavioral Health Organization, Concordia has evolved its health services business to focus on: risk transfer, behavioral health, health technology and specialty services. As a specialty risk transfer and care-coordination company serving insurers, government entities, self-insured plan sponsors and other managed care organizations, Concordia aims to improve patient-centered outcomes and reduce overall cost of quality care. Concordia holds dual accreditations from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare Inc. (AAAHC) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Visit www.concordiacare.com. Concordia is an MBF Healthcare Partners portfolio company.
