Insurers Staying Out of ACOEM vs. ODG Debate

The Insurance Council of Texas urged the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation to be cautious in applying treatment guidelines to medical care for injured workers, citing the controversy now raging in California after adoption of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine guidelines. But the Insurance Council did not take sides in a debate over whether Texas should use ACOEM or the Work Loss Data Institute's Official Disability Guidelines. The insurance group simply advised the DWC to pay close attention to exact wording in written comments on draft rules relating to di...