04/03/2023
;New Rules The Impact of Remote Work and Home Offices on Workers’ Compensation
In this webinar ODG by MCG’s VP of Government Affairs Patrick F. Robinson JD MBA will
Category: Education
02/14/2023
Category: Profile
02/03/2023
ODG by MCG announced the release of updated datasets within its return-to-work guidelines that it said would support prospective case management and retrospective benchmarking for time away from work.
Phil LeFevre
The update includes revisions to the U.S. return-to-work duration values
Category: News
02/01/2023
related to the May 7 2021
accident including the recommended lumbar fusion. He does not find the prescription medications or the EMG
were reasonable or necessary. A fusion is to address instability per ODG guidelines. He does not feel is a
candidate for a fusion. He maintains his prior opinion that
Category: Panel
12/01/2022
physicians. Respondent denied liability for the preceding based on Utilization Reviews which
relied upon the Occupational Disability Guidelines ODG Arbitrator's Exhibit 1; Respondent's
Exhibits 5 and 6. At trial Petitioner's counsel advised it was his understanding all of the medical
bills had been paid
Category: Panel
09/26/2022
the claimant by the statutory subrogee pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4121. 4127. or 4131. of the Revised Code.
Another argument used successfully in the past was that as of 2003 Ohio requires compliance with ODG Guidelines. Official Disability Guidelines ODG
Category: Industry Insights
09/01/2022
ODG Head Guidelines which contain
length of stay recommendations for multidisciplinary brain injury transitional rehabilitation
programs. Factors that impact length of stay include the type of injury severity of injury physical
and psychiatric co-morbidities provider expertise patient genome
Category: Panel
09/01/2022
post-laminectomy Petitioner continues to complain of persistent low back and lower
extremity pain with numbness left greater than right. He has failed to adequately respond to
appropriate conservative treatment and according to Official Disability Guidelines ODG a spinal
cord stimulator
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08/01/2022
defect was inconsistent with the pre-op MRI with
MRI the ideal imaging modality for cartilage Id p53-54 noting bone damage would light up
like a Christmas tree on an MRI. Id p76-77. Dr. Forsythe stated Dr. Levis description of a 2cm
by 2cm cartilage exceeded ODG guidelines for
Category: Panel
07/14/2022
and Pat Whelan founders of ODG announced the formation of the Provider Ranking System from Denniston Data Inc. Dr. Jon Seymour formerly president of Reed Group Guidelines will serve as medical director of the new company.
The Provider Ranking System will allow users to access a database of
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