Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the announcement from ODG by MCG of the launch of its updated datasets within the ODG Return-to-Work Guidelines that will support both prospective case management and retrospective benchmarking time away from work.
The update will include revisions to the United States return-to-work (RTW) duration values and new RTW duration values for Canada across the workers’ compensation and non-occupational disability (STD/LTD) markets in both countries. Updates to duration values for the Australian market are planned for later in 2023. ODG noted that the best measure of post-injury success in workers’ comp and disability cases is return-to-work, and this new release continues its efforts to help optimize timely RTW and accurate reporting.