Entries for 2005/03/10 — 2005-12-28
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CWCI reports on Utilization Review and Treatment
The California Workers' Compensation Institute has issued a new report that looks at utilization review and the use of medical treatment guidelines in California workers’ compensation and compares the low back treatment guidelines of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) to those of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), which the state has been considering adding to the workers’ compensation medical treatment utilization schedule. Their news release is here >>>. (archived) I have heard that the report is critical of delays and denials of treatment under the ur system. It is only a matter of time before this failure of the system becomes clear. > posted by Charles Wear > 3/10/05; 6:36:54 AM |