Software AMA Guides Six edition-new changes with AMA Guides

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According to AMA, the new AMA Guides 6^th Edition:

 

1.   Provides a comprehensive, valid, reliable, unbiased,

and evidence-based rating system

2.   Has internal consistency in approach across

chapters and body systems

3.   Incorporates principles consistent with clinical care

(such as the premise that treatment – including

surgery – should improve function)

4.   Has demonstrated improved inter-rater reliability

• Medical care changes with time, as do the Guides

• AMA Guides 6th is an independent reproducible system

• Values will be similar to prior Editions, with exception of:

– Joint Replacements (better functional results)

– Soft Tissue Injuries without ratable criteria (in certain

situations may result in mild rating)

• Magnitude of errors will be less

Sixth Edition Innovations

• Conceptual framework of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

• Focus on Diagnosis-Based Impairments, with consideration of function, physical examination, and clinical studies- which is how physicians deliver care

Changes in rating values:

·       Providing impairment ratings for conditions not previously ratable, yet resulting in loss

·       Not providing additional impairment for surgery (and other therapies intended to improve function) and thus decrease impairment

·         Adjustments for improved results (i.e. joint replacements)