By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefImpairment ratings for injured workers dropped significantly in Montana, New Mexico and Tennessee after they switched to the Sixth Edition of the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) reported on Wednesday.The Boca Raton, Fla., rate maker reviewed impairment data from the three states because they had no significant legislative changes around 2008, when they first mandated use of the latest edition of the American Medical Association (AMA) impairment guides. A...
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