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Maximum
Medical Improvement
If the injured worker's condition is at maximum
medical improvement (M.M.I. or MMI) , temporary
total payments are terminated. Maximum medical improvement is
defined by Ohio Administrative Code Section 4121-3-32(A)(1) as "a
treatment plateau." Basically, a condition is at maximum medical
improvement if it is not believed that the condition will change.
For summaries of maximum medical improvement decisions
by Ohio Courts, with links to the cases, click
here.
Other information:
- Administrative:
The Industrial Commission has issued a new policy regarding when
hearing officers can make a determination that the injured worker's
condition is at maximum medical improvement. (June 2000)
- Court: The
Supreme Court has decided that where a treating doctor explains an
ambiguous report (and indicates that the injured workers' condition
remains temporary total), that report cannot be used to support a
finding of maximum medical improvement. (March, 1999)
- Administrative:
Commission Issues New Resolution applying Russell
decision, which declared Commission Temporary Total Overpayment Policy
Invalid. (August, 1998)
- Court: Supreme
Court Declares Commission Temporary Total Overpayment Policy (which
involved retroactive finding of MMI) Invalid. (August, 1998)
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