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| 1970 |
George Welch founds International Rehabilitation Associates (IRA), the first independent medical cost containment business in the United States. |
| 1972 |
IRA has six regional offices: Los Angeles, Toronto, Paoli, PA, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas. |
| 1977 |
MEND, a program for proactively managing cases and helping injured workers return to work, is merged into IRA. |
| 1980 |
In its first decade, IRA provided services to more than 75,000 disabled persons on behalf of more than 700 clients. |
| 1982 |
Hospital bill review service introduced to ensure accuracy and appropriateness of hospital charges. Although IRA is still the name of the operating company, Intracorp becomes the official service mark used to designate the company and its products. |
| 1983 |
AccuMed™ provider bill review service launched, initially to fee schedule states like Massachusetts and later to states with usual and customary rates (UCR). Intracorp enters home health care arena through acquisition of Practical Care Corps., a Medicare-certified agency. |
| 1988 |
Intracorp extends its utilization management services to workers’ comp. |
| 1990 |
Intracorp is founding member of Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC). |
| 1991 |
Intracorp forms alliance with USA Healthnet to provide national PPO network access. |
| 1993 |
Early Assessment, an early intervention and medical/return-to-work management
program for workers’ comp, is launched nationwide. |
| 1994 |
Intracorp funds record level of product development, including a new occupational
network-based managed care delivery system for workers’ comp. |
| 1995 |
Intracorp celebrates 25th anniversary. First occupational health network becomes operational in Florida. |
| 1996 |
Intracorp launches the Intracorp Occupational Health Program® (OHP), a workers'
compensation managed care program. |
| 1997 |
Intracorp receives dual accreditation by the American Accreditation Healthcare
Commission/Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) for both its group
health and workers' comp utilization management practices. |
| 2000 |
Intracorp celebrates 30 years in business. Ranked #1 in Business Insurance’s annual listing of the nation’s largest case management service providers. |
| 2005 |
Celebrates 35th anniversary. Ranked #1 in Business Insurance’s annual listing of the nation’s largest case management service providers for the sixth consecutive year |
| 2006 |
Intracorp launches Workers' Compensation Pharmacy Benefit Management program. |
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