FINEOS, a global provider of packaged software solutions for the insurance and banking industries, and Reed Group, a developer of return-to-work and disability duration guidelines, have announced a strategic partnership that delivers integrated disability insurance and workers' compensation claims processing solutions to insurance companies, third-party administrators, and governmental organizations.

The partnership delivers a real-time solution enabling end users direct access within the FINEOS claims system to The Medical Disability Advisor: Workplace Guidelines for Disability Durations, fifth edition (MDA), published by Presley Reed, MD. MDA provides evidence-based disability duration guidelines built from actual and observed case data along with expected recovery time frames for the injuries and illnesses of working people. The companies will coordinate their efforts focusing on claims administrators in markets globally.

"Seamlessly integrating these two Web services-based solutions provides our customers with a vast amount of real-time information in clean, intuitive interfaces to help them manage their businesses more effectively," says Michael Kelly, president and CEO of FINEOS. "Creating even greater value is MDA's ability to close the loop on absences through true disability time lines and reliable information management that can be used to increase productivity and help companies protect themselves from liability."