We help urgent care clinics plan for opening and coordinate the business work behind patient care. We design each proposal around your specific needs, including credentialing, payer contracting, marketing, lab setup, and accreditation preparation. The Urgent Care Association now directs its quality-program visitors to CAUCQ, the Commission on Ambulatory and Urgent Care Quality. Use its current requirements when planning your application.
Start-Up & Provider Credentialing Service for Urgent Care Organizations
Review payer credentialing, contracting, and accreditation as separate parts of your opening plan. Before signing an agreement, confirm how that payer classifies your clinic, which services the contract covers, and how reimbursement is calculated. Do not assume the same payment arrangement applies to every payer.
PPS can help coordinate entity and provider information, payer submissions, and follow-up. Identify the providers who will work at your clinic and confirm each payer’s enrollment requirements. Build your launch schedule around the applications and approvals your clinic needs, with time for requests for additional information.
Which urgent care quality program do you need?
Certification and accreditation address different aspects of a center. CAUCQ certification recognizes a center’s scope of services. Accreditation includes an onsite assessment of quality, safety, and operations. Confirm which program your organization needs.
Begin with the program that matches your center’s scope and the recognition your organization needs.
Review the current program criteria before committing to staffing, equipment, or facility plans.
What should your preparation cover?
1. Define your scope of care and communicate it clearly to patients. Review the walk-in and age-related requirements and the exceptions that apply to your specialty.
2. Confirm licensed clinical staffing, facilities, emergency equipment, and the imaging, laboratory, medication, and procedure capabilities required for your selected scope.
3. Use the current eligibility document and applicable program standards when reviewing your operating model. Confirm any additional requirements with the program before applying.
4. Establish clinical quality oversight and confirm the business and occupancy documentation required for each center.
Eligibility
Eligibility depends on the program and scope of services. Review the CAUCQ eligibility requirements dated August 6, 2026 for the complete requirements and exceptions. If your clinic has not opened, ask about the Early Certification or Early Accreditation programs.