Slim Pickings in Hunt for Good Guidelines

As California discovered and Texas is now learning, there's no easy way to meet demands by state lawmakers that workers' comp treatment conform to objective, evidence-based guidelines. According to a California study, there just aren't any good, comprehensive guidelines out there. And in the Lone Star state, the choice may come down to cost and packaging. The Texas Association of Business told state regulators last week that it would prefer the state to adopt Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) by the Work Loss Data Institute for both treatment and return-to-work. Texas' HB 7 requires th...