Medical Treatment Guidelines Go Online

Anyone who needs a glimpse of North Dakota’s emerging medical treatment guidelines can do it from their computer. The state’s Workforce Safety & Insurance department put its initial medical treatment guidelines, which is used in the workers’ compensation utilization review and claim management process, on its website, according to a notice there. Developed primarily from the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines, the listed procedures ensure the use of the latest available medical evidence to facilitate optimal treatment decisions for an injure...