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UCA’s Certified Urgent Care (CUC) program recognizes Urgent Care centers that meet nationally standardized criteria to demonstrate their commitment to meet the scope of service of a qualified Urgent Care center.
This designation tells the public and payers that the Urgent Care center’s scope of service is consistent with criteria defining easy access and services that treat a broad spectrum of illness, injury, and disease.
Urgent Care centers with the CUC designation have a mark of distinction to educate their community and stakeholders, gain an edge in marketing their level of services, and eliminate confusion with other specialties.
View the differences in eligibility for each certification scope of service offered here.
Find a list of Certified Urgent Care centers.
New to UCA’s Quality Program? Begin the application process by emailing us at quality@ucaoa.org. Include with your email: the program of interest, organization’s legal name, key contact (full name, email address, and phone number), and number of centers. Need to renew? Log into UCA’s portal and access the application from the key contact’s profile page. Renewing organizations should apply at least three months prior to expiration.
Once the application is complete and payment received, you will receive a welcome email with a link to the Quality Programs Resource Center containing resources to assist in the Certification process. Documentation demonstrating compliance with Certification criteria are uploaded to the UCA portal for review.
Upon document review and confirmation of compliance, Certification is granted for 36 months from the date of application (initial centers) or expiration of prior cycle (renewing centers).