Honolulu, HI (CompNewsNetwork) - The Official Disability Guidelines (ODG’s) provide treatment and lost time guidelines for medical providers using actual experience data from federal government databases. From the beginning, ODG’s were based on actual experience, not “expert” opinion. This makes ODG’s fair to employees and defensible by employers. ODG’s are based on actual reported data from the annual CDC National Health Interview Survey, the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, and over 2 million medical records from actual workers’ compensation claims ... [read more]