MCG Health

MCG Health, LLC develops and produces evidence-based clinical guidelines and software that are used by hospitals and the largest U.S. health plans in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It offers Indicia for Utilization Review that supports fast and accurate decision-making and the documentation of admissions, level-of-care determinations, and procedures; Indicia for Case Management that provides quick and easy access to evidence-based guidelines enabling the efficient documentation of medical necessity at various stages of a patients hospital stay; and CareWebQI that gives access to evidence-based best practices and criteria. The company also provides Cite AutoAuth Module, a Web-based tool to facilitate the preauthorization process for payors and their provider customers; and Web-based Interrater Reliability Module that tests proper use of the care guidelines, assessing how consistently and appropriately staff find and apply guidelines to clinician-written case studies. In addition, it offers ambulatory, inpatient and surgical, general recovery, home, recovery facility, behavioral health, and chronic care guidelines; and patient information guidelines. Further, the company provides technical support. MCG Health, LLC was formerly known as Milliman Care Guidelines LLC and changed its name in December 2012 following its acquisition by The Hearst Corporation. The company is based in Seattle, Washington. As of December 3, 2012, MCG Health, LLC operates as a subsidiary of The Hearst Corporation.