U.S. Labor Department Opts for AMA 5th Edition

The U.S. Department of Labor has joined Kentucky and some other states in the decision not to switch to the Sixth Edition of the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment based on predictions that the sixth edition will have a significant negative impact on workers' impairment ratings.On Feb. 6, Rachel P. Lieton, director of the Labor Department's Division of Energy Employees workers' compensation program, issued a circular confirming that her agency will continue to use the fifth edition of the impairment guides in connection with the Ener...