Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) occurs when an injured person reaches a state where their condition cannot be improved further or their

healing With physical trauma or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repairing of damaged tissue(s), organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning. Medicine includes the process by which the cells ...

process reaches a treatment plateau. It can mean that the

patient A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by Health professional, healthcare professionals. The patient is most often Disease, ill or Major trauma, injured and in need of therapy, treatment by a physician, nurse, op ...

has fully recovered from the injury or their medical condition has stabilized to the point that no major medical or emotional change can be expected in the person's condition. At that point, no further

improvement Improvement is the process of a thing moving from one state to a state considered to be better, usually by a change or addition that improves. The concept of improvement is important to governments and businesses, as well as to individuals. Hi ...

is deemed possible and this occurs despite continuing medical treatment or rehabilitative programs the injured person partakes in. MMI is relevant in multiple contexts, including

personal injury Personal injury is a legal term for an Injury (law), injury to the body, mind, or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. In common law, common law jurisdictions the term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit in which the ...

cases and

workers' compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...

cases. When a worker receiving Workers' Compensation benefits reaches maximum medical improvement, their condition is assessed and a degree of permanent or partial impairment is determined. This degree will impact the amount of benefits the worker is able to receive. MMI means that treatment options have been exhausted. Temporary

disability Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be Cognitive disability, cognitive, Developmental disability, d ...

payments are terminated and a settlement is agreed regarding the condition of the worker at this point.

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