For over 50 years, the AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides®) have been the trusted authoritative source that physicians, patients, and regulators rely on for fair and consistent impairment rating information and tools. The AMA Guides® provide physicians with certainty that they are following the most current best practice, as well as play a key role in supporting fair and timely resolution of impairment-related claims, enabling patients to easily navigate on an administrative process that can be burdensome at a time when they need to focus on their health and wellness.
The AMA Guides® provide a reliable, repeatable measurement framework for permanent impairment in patients that have suffered an injury or illness that has resulted in long-term loss of a body part or reduction of body function. Once a...
