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WCRI Study Shows Link Between Early PT and Lower Costs for Back Pain Claims
09/09/2020
an email Tuesday.
Some treatment guidelines including ODG and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's guides along with some states' opioid prescribing guides have long recommend physical therapy as part of a conservative approach before invasive procedures are chosen
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GarciaUlises
09/01/2020
. Milos testified that his opinions are partially based on the
ODG guidelines however he doesn't always abide by those guidelines.
RX 1 p. 39 In this case however he believed that the ODG Guidelines
were appropriate.
He stated that the petitioner had 26 work hardening
sessions already and was not
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RouchosJames
09/01/2020
regard to ongoing physical therapy and fumily practitioner
Dr. Jones deternrined via ODG guidelines fur the shoulder that an additiona124 sessions of therapy were not certified.
It was noted that a peer-to-peer review was conducted with Dr. Kaplan on 92313 which did not change Jones' denial
of
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JohnsDwightL
09/01/2020
18 and he
hasn't received anything since.
On 61118 Respondent obtained a utilization review UR with regard to the medical necessity of the surgery
recommended by Dr. Salehi. Neurosurgeon Dr. Richardson certified the procedure as medically necessary and
appropriate based on ODG guidelines
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KaminskaMiroslawa
06/01/2020
that according to ODG guidelines MRis are recommended following
six weeks of conservative treatments such as physical therapy. He noted that the July 23 2019
examination note indicated that Petitioner had not had any physical therapy at that time.
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CuevasJoe
05/01/2020
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In this case the patient does not meet ACOEM nor ODG criteria for facet
joint radiofrequency neurotomy. According to the ODG Low
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ODG Guideline Update Likely to List Hydroxychloroquine as N-Drug
04/27/2020
some effectiveness against the coronavirus will probably be added as an approved drug if further clinical trials support its use said Dr. Stephen Norwood editor-in-chief of the guidelines.
The ODG are published by MCG Health and are one of two sets of guidelines widely followed by states' workers
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Publishers of Treatment Guidelines Tackle COVID-19
04/21/2020
Publishers of treatment guidelines widely used in workers compensation systems throughout the country have published recommendations for dealing with COVID-19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
MCG Health publisher of the Official Disability Guidelines or ODG and Reed Group
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KnoxDaniel
04/01/2020
. Pontinen noted Petitioner was using his brace
the cream and patches while working due to no side effects. He recommended a repeat ESI and use of an Hwave therapy unit and TENS unit at home and prepared a letter stating that the devices met the ODG guidelines
and were necessary to reduce Petitioner's
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Patrick F. Robinson Announced as VP of Government Affairs for ODG by MCG Health
03/18/2020
ODG an MCG Health company has named workers' compensation attorney and judge Patrick F. Robinson as vice president of government affairs.
Robinson brings to the position experience from both the public and private sectors. He is a former director of the Louisiana Office of Workers
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