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Published: 25 March 2020 We are experiencing a public health crisis which is unprecedented in our lifetimes and we will all need to adapt in order to weather the storm. MedCo has been closely monitoring the advice of the [...]
Published on 25 March 2020
Published: 25 March 2020 REMOTE EXAMINATIONS Update Recently MedCo lifted the ban on remote examinations. It is understood that a number of medical report providers have indicated a wish to expand their practices by offering examinations by “Skype” in [...]
Published on 25 March 2020
Published: 23 March 2020 TEMPORARY MEASURES Having considered a number of issues which have been raised by our Users in recent weeks together with the rapid development of Government policy and advice, the MedCo board has decided to introduce [...]
Published on 23 March 2020
Published 16 March 2020 The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has today issued a stakeholder Alert; a full copy of which can be read below. Stakeholder Alert: MedCo: additional rules and audit process for direct medical experts The Government remains committed [...]
Published on 16 March 2020
Published: 27 February 2020 The Ministry of Justice has announced that the reforms to the RTA lower value claims process, originally scheduled to be implemented in April, will now come into force on 1 August 2020 https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/implementation-of-the-whiplash-reform-programme The full [...]
Published on 27 February 2020
Published: 24 February 2020 The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has today issued a stakeholder Alert; a full copy of which can be read below. Stakeholder Alert: Revised MRO Qualifying Criteria - Stakeholder Survey The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) response [...]
Published on 24 February 2020
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Published 18 February 2020 2020 Charging Policy The charging policy survey closed on 13th February with over 600 responses received. These will be analysed but that process may take some time. Furthermore, any changes to our current method of charging [...]
Published on 18 February 2020
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Published: 4 February 2020 Reforms I am pleased to report that MedCo has continued to prepare, and is on target, for implementation of the reforms in April 2020. Testing of the recently constructed application interface between the MedCo portal and [...]
Published on 4 February 2020
Published: 7 January 2020 Notice of revisions to Guidance on MoJ Qualifying Criteria, Audit Guide and MRO Technical Data Aid MedCo has today written to MRO users to notify them of 3 updated documents: An updated Guidance on MoJ Qualifying Criteria (‘Guidance’) [...]
Published on 7 January 2020
Published: 17 December 2019 Updated: 21 June 2021 MedCo has today published two documents. The MedCo Rules and MedCo Policies Document have been produced to make the various rules and policies for MedCo easily accessible. MedCo Rules MedCo's Articles [...]
Published on 17 December 2019
