Louisiana HB819 revises the workers' compensation medical treatment schedule to adopt the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) by MCG.
HB819 revises the workers' compensation medical treatment schedule to adopt the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) by MCG. The bill repeals existing criteria for the medical treatment schedule and replaces it with the ODG, which are evidence-based, online medical treatment and return-to-work guidelines. The ODG must meet specific criteria, including being interdisciplinary, addressing treatment frequency, duration, intensity, and appropriateness, and being the most recent version produced within the previous five years.
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