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Treatment Guidelines
Utilization Management Knowledgebase (UMK)
The most complete and efficient online workers’ compensation resource presents evidence-based treatment guidelines based on ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Second Edition. Available in two versions, UMK Basic and UMK Professional.
UMK Basic
UMK Basic provides access to the Utilization Management Knowledgebase web application without the ACOEM Practice Guidelines. UMK Basic references ACOEM's Practice Guidelines, but does not link directly to them. Industry professionals gain quick access to abbreviated information.
- Rand Corporation reviewed and found ACOEM’s Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Second Edition preferable to other treatment guideline alternatives
- Occupational health and utilization management professionals can readily locate concise, comprehensive information using the UMK’s powerful search features
- Physicians can gain access to in-depth coverage of treatment pathways for conditions they treat via the online version of ACOEM’s Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Second Edition
- Additional groups who benefit from UMK Professional include government agencies and workers’ compensation authorities, third party administrators, insurance carriers, and more
UMK Professional
Now including the complete ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Second Edition! The all new UMK Professional fully integrates ACOEM’s powerful guideline tools for immediate online access. UMK Professional enables effective communications among employers, workers, and physicians, as well as facilitating safe return to work.
Your single subscription to UMK Professional delivers online access to the most current guidelines including:
- Utilization Management Knowledgebase (UMK): a user-friendly tool that assists in evaluating, tracking and reporting the medical necessity and/or appropriateness of healthcare services
- Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Second Edition: the definitive online guide to preventing, assessing, and managing occupational health complaints
- Cited content from APG Insights: newsletter content that assists users in understanding and adapting the Guidelines into daily practice
- ACOEM chapter updates: new periodic Guidelines content, not currently available online in any other application
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What’s New with the Utilization Management Knowledgebase (UMK)
The Utilization Management Knowledgebase (UMK) now includes excerpts from each quarterly issue of APG Insights newsletter.
The latest updates from APG Insights include detailed information regarding two important topics: opiate use, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Consistent with the ongoing ACOEM Practice Guidelines structure, the updates incorporate practical and useful information, including indications for use, duration of treatment, objective measures for evaluating effectiveness, and indications for discontinuation.
The included information will help clinicians and care management personnel to more clearly appreciate evidence-based indications for use of these interventions to facilitate timely and efficient functional recovery. For opiates, recognition of appropriate duration of dosing and medication management in both the acute and subacute/chronic settings can help to limit prolonged drug use. For cognitive behavioral therapy, appreciate how this intervention can enhance the effectiveness of physical treatments to enhance the recovery process.
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