Westminster, CO, April 4, 2006... Crawford & Company is committed to being the service provider of choice by delivering the highest quality claims and management solutions. In keeping with that mission, Crawford has selected and implemented The Medical Disability Advisor (MDA), from Reed Group, Ltd., as their primary reference resource in their case and claims management processes. Crawford´s medically trained professionals utilize the MDA guidelines for support in the decision making process.
Kerwin Williams, Crawford & Company vice president of Business and Product Development for the Company´s Integrated Services business unit said, "After evaluating all of the resources available for return-to-work guidance, we selected the MDA because of its accurate, complete, and readily usable disability durations and guidelines. I believe it is the best disability reference tool available."
The MDA provides Crawford´s professionals with medical information on more than 10,000 reference codes for injuries and illnesses of working people. The MDA guidelines provide evidence-based, objective expectancy figures for normal recovery from a medical condition, injury, or procedure in its renowned disability duration tables. Only the MDA is based on actual normative case data from more than 5 million case records. The Medical Disability Advisor is the world´s most widely used information resource for disability information with more than 22,000 customers worldwide.
"Reed Group is extremely pleased to have been selected by Crawford. There is no higher honor than to be selected by a firm that is dedicated to delivering the finest case management services. Our disability duration guidelines and related return-to work information are accepted globally as the standard of excellence, and selection by Crawford further demonstrates the result of our 15-year commitment to leading this area," said Presley Reed, MD, Chairman, and Chief Medical Officer, Reed Group.
About Reed Group, Ltd.
Dr. Presley Reed founded Reed Group in 1981 to address workplace productivity and employee absenteeism in the corporate environment. Reed Group maintains four key lines of business: Guidelines, Service, Data Analytics, and Education. In addition to providing integrated disability case management service for non-occupational and occupational leaves, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and other leave of absence administrative services to employers, Reed Group publishes the industry-standard disability duration guidelines, The Medical Disability Advisor (textbook, Windows software, and Internet and data integration versions), now in its Fifth Edition. Reed Group is the exclusive vendor to provide FMLA leave tracking and administration for many large insurance carriers and other private labeled relationships. For more information, call Shauna Bryngelson, Vice President of Sales at 866.889.4449, or visit www.reedgroup.com .
About Crawford & Company
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Crawford & Company is the world´s largest independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies, and self-insured entities, with a global network of more than 700 offices in 63 countries. Major service lines include property and casualty claims management, integrated claims and medical management for workers´ compensation, legal settlement administration, including class action and warranty inspections, and risk management information services. The Company´s shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB.
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