AMA Guides Head Out to Stakeholders

The long-awaited 6th Edition of the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment left the publisher's warehouse en route to doctors, insurance companies, claims adjusters, regulators and a variety of other stakeholders in the workers' compensation system Thursday.AMA spokeswoman Katherine M. Hatwell said the new guides should reach buyers early next week. Because the AMA was short-staffed for the holidays, she said she could not provide further details on the release.The new edition, which authors says expands the guides to include quantified anal...