The Division of Workers\u2019 Compensation\u2019s All About Claims newsletter indicates that the Division of Workers\u2019 Compensation is working on a new electronic reference guide for adjusters entitled \u201cMedical Treatment Guidelines Reference Guide for Adjusters<\/em>.\u201d The four most important elements to be featured in the new guide include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• procedures or services which require Prior Authorization and subject the adjuster to a tight seven-day turnaround to admit liability for payment or get a practitioner\u2019s written opinion that forms the basis for the denial;<\/li>
• a list of \u201cNot Recommended\u201d procedures – those for which there is strong evidence of no short or long term benefit or which may be contraindicated in certain cases;<\/li>
• Indications (both diagnostic and therapeutic) of when an adjuster should ask the medical provider to review the efficacy of current treatment based on the Guidelines; and<\/li>
• Time Parameters that are specific to treatment duration and will be impacted both by claimant compliance and availability of services.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

  Check the web log for an announcement of when the Guide will be available online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Division of Workers\u2019 Compensation\u2019s All About Claims newsletter indicates that the Division of Workers\u2019 Compensation is working on a new electronic reference guide for adjusters entitled \u201cMedical Treatment Guidelines Reference Guide for Adjusters.\u201d The four most important elements to be featured in the new guide include: procedures or services which require Prior Authorization and… Continue reading Division of Workers\u2019 Compensation to Soon to Issue \u201cMedical Treatment Guidelines Reference Guide for Adjusters\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2021-picardilawfirm2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}