Using only the highest quality evidence-based practice guidelines ensures that patients return to normal activities as quickly and safely as possible. Most people don’t know what goes into the types of research, medical standards and review processes utilized in creating guidelines. But this is worth caring about–because when you rely on a guideline that cuts … Continued
A bill signed into US law on April 1, 2014 prohibits the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from adopting ICD-10-CM prior to October, 2015. We know that some Reed Group DisabilityGuidelines™ subscribers are doing a happy dance at this news. Others are grinding their teeth and adding up the accumulating costs of … Continued
Expanded functionality for American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) subscribers for treatment and for utilization review, new links to State Treatment Guidelines for all users Reed Group, publisher of the industry’s leading return-to-work (RTW) reference toolset, MDGuidelines™, announced today the release of two ICD-9-CM to CPT code crosswalks. These are available for those … Continued
