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Official Disability Guidelines - Study Materials and Public Comments

Jacqueline Kurth, Manager
Email: [email protected]
800 W Washington St, Phoenix AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 542-6731
FAX: (602) 542-4797

On June 29, 2017, the Industrial Commission of Arizona issued a Resolution that resolved “the Medical Resource Office of the Commission shall conduct an investigation and study regarding the criteria for expansion enumerated in A.A.C. R20-5-1301(C), and shall, in preparation for a public hearing, publicly post a recommendation regarding a modification or change of the applicability of the guidelines (with relevant study materials) on or before October 31, 2017.'

Public Comments Received

Study Materials

ACOEM Position Paper “Advancing Value-Based Medicine: Why Integrating Functional Outcomes with Clinical Measures Is Critical to Our Health Care Future”

A New Method of Assessing the Impact of Evidence-Based Medicine on Claim Outcome – ACOEM 2016

CompManagement Study – Copy of ODG Pilot interval between DOI and Copy of Initial TX & ODG Pilot lost days and costs

Maximus “The Expanded Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines For Arizona Workers’ Compensation System”

National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Workers Compensation and Prescription Drugs: 2016 Update

ODG Guidelines & Formulary State Adoption FAQs

Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Response to Arizona Criteria for Expansion

Letter to Commission from MCG/Official Disability Guidelines

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Comprehensive Study

TDI Impact of the Texas Formulary Report July 2016

Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Data Calendar Years 2009-2016

New York WCB Medical Treatment Guidelines (Pilot Program)