WESTMINSTER, Colo., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Reed Group, Ltd. announces
immediate availability of a new online, integrated return to work and workers'
compensation reference resource, The Medical Disability Advisor, Fifth
Edition. This advanced resource has seamless integration with
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's ("ACOEM") Utilization Management
Knowledgebase(TM) ("UMK").
Presley Reed, MD, founder and Chief Medical Officer of Reed Group, Ltd.
says, "Between the leading Medical Disability Advisor, and the widely accepted
ACOEM Practice Guidelines, anyone working in the Disability Management,
Workers' Compensation management and Return To Work arena's can have a single,
completely integrated, evidence-based solution. Together with ACOEM's
Utilization Management Knowledgebase, we will deliver accurate guidance with
the efficiency of state-of-the-art delivery technology available with the
internet." Adds , "Only reference resources developed and delivered by
medically oriented providers can be the trusted complete and current resource
for these important services. We are gratified by the early enthusiasm and
acceptance of this resource by leaders in the insurance and workers'
compensation administration industries."
For timely and consistent Utilization Review ("UR") and Utilization
Management ("UM"), the MDA with UMK provides consistent and precise delivery
of the ACOEM Practice Guidelines, Second Edition. The ACOEM Practice
Guidelines, Second Edition provide occupational physicians with a common
knowledge base and recommendations regarding diagnoses and treatments that are
most likely to return workers to health and function as safely and as
efficiently as possible. Substantiating this leadership position, since 2004
the State of California has required that ACOEM's Guidelines be used when
reviewing workers' compensation cases. The UMK provides an on-line delivery
system for such use.
"Making available ACOEM's intellectual property to help develop new
products that improve the delivery of health care is one of our primary
goals," according to Barry S. Eisenberg, ACOEM's Executive Director. "We know
the UMK will help to improve the way physicians, other health care
professionals, and third parties communicate, track and evaluate a wide range
of diagnostic processes, patient evaluations, and treatments options. This
will result in administrative efficiencies, cost savings and most importantly
better care for injured workers. We are very pleased that Reed Group has
chosen to integrate the UMK data into their world-class suite of products."
ACOEM has made an exclusive commitment to extend and improve the UMK. APG
Insights, a quarterly publication, will contain questions from users of the
ACOEM Practice Guidelines and the UMK; supplemental material from the medical
literature; topics that provide an in-depth, updated analysis of interventions
discussed in the ACOEM Practice Guidelines; and explanations and
interpretations to the guidelines. In APG Insights, new information will be
brought forward that will be responsive to the more complex set of needs and
requirements that have been legislated or are required in the management of
workers' compensation.
The Medical Disability Advisor, Fifth Edition (MDA) is the world's most
widely used information resource for disability information with over 22,000
customers worldwide. By providing proprietary actual evidence-based disability
duration data, along with comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation
information developed by the Reed Group Medical Advisory Board, employers are
assured of the most current and complete fact-based information for a healthy
and timely return to work outcome.
To learn more about MDA integrated with UMK or to place an order call Reed
Group at 866-889-4449 or visit us online at .
About Reed Group, Ltd.
founded Reed Group in 1981 to address workplace
productivity and employee absenteeism in the corporate environment. Reed Group
maintains four key lines of business: Guidelines, Service, Data Analytics, and
Education. Reed Group publishes the industry-standard disability duration
guidelines, The Medical Disability Advisor (textbook, Windows software, and
Internet and data integration versions), now in its Fifth Edition.
Additionally, Reed Group provides integrated disability case management
service for non-occupational and occupational leaves, Family and Medical Leave
Act (FMLA) and other leave of absence administrative services to employers.
For more information, visit .
About the of Occupation and Environmental Medicine
(ACOEM)
Founded in 1916, ACOEM is an international medical society of more than
5,000 occupational and environmental physicians and other allied health
professionals that provide leadership to promote optimal health and safety of
workers, workplaces, and environments. The College is headquartered in Elk
Grove Village, Illinois. For more information, visit .
The Utilization Management Knowledgebase (UMK) is a trademark of the
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine copyright 2006.
SOURCE Reed Group, Ltd.

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