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WCRI's 35th Annual Issues & Research Conference Part 1

03/01/2019
;"Committee ultimately adopted ODG guidelines Treatment guidelines were expanded to all body parts

Category: Blog

MCG Hosting Webinar on Indiana's New Drug Formulary

03/01/2019
specialized in the ODG according to a bulletin from MCG Health. The Indiana General Assembly in a bill approved last spring required adoption of the formulary rules by Jan. 1 of this year. The rules require prior authorization by the employer for coverage of a prescription drug or dosage that is not on

Category: News

Construction Work Tied to Higher Rate of Opioid Deaths

03/01/2019
. Treatment guidelines were mandated by House Bill 2368 which passed in 2012. After reviewing four sets of workers comp treatment guidelines from Colorado Washington state ODG by MCG Health and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine the Industrial Commission opted to go

Category: News

More States Requiring Naloxone Prescription With Opioids

02/27/2019
according to the KHN report. Workers comp medical treatment guidelines already address naloxone co-prescribing for patients taking opioids. For example the Official Disability Guidelines or ODG by MCG Health recommend naloxone in a wide range of situations including for patients exceeding certain

Category: News

MCG VP Says State's Formulary One of the 'Best in the Country'

02/25/2019
largely on MCG's ODG. The committees worked closely with Eichler and other MCG leaders over the months in drafting the rules. In keeping with the reform legislation the formulary rules aim to limit the use of some of the most expensive and most addictive medications. Some studies have shown that the

Category: News

NCOIL Committee to Start Work on Formulary Model Law

02/15/2019
Official Disability Guidelines or ODG by MCG Health as the basis of the formulary. But in parentheses it indicates another nationally available workers compensation drug formulary may be substituted for the ODG formulary. The model laws language could change significantly depending on which drug

Category: News

Compounded Creams Weren't Better Than Placebo, Study Finds

02/08/2019
259 million on compounded topical pain creams in fiscal year 2013 a cost that rose to 746 million in 2014. Similarly the Medicare Part D program paid out more than half a billion dollars for the creams in 2015 the authors said. The Official Disability Guidelines or ODG by MCG Health have long

Category: News

WCRI: Treatment Guidelines and Their Uses Are All Over the Map

02/06/2019
Randy Lea. Many health services researchers believe that similar conditions should be treated similarly regardless of in which state the injured worker lives they added. Several states use the Official Disability Guidelines or ODG by MCG Health as workers comp medical treatment guidelines

Category: News

CadizEdwin

01/01/2019
places greater weight on the treatment rccommcndatilns on Petitioner's treaters. noting ODG to be guidelines only. Thus. the liJllowing bill'i arc a11arclcd in gnss to 1titinncr. The .-rhitrcllur linds these hills rcasonahk. necessary and otherwise related to Petitioner's cervical and lumbar work

Category: Panel

GordonMelissa-1

01/01/2019
ecommendation for an additional 4 weeks of therapy. His 61114 repoti non-ce1tified this treatment indicating Petitioner had already undergone 36 therapy sessiol1S and nothing fi.u1her would he supported by Otlicial Disability Guidelines ODG based on his review uflhe records and the diagnoses indicated

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