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WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM April 2025
... patients with workplace illnesses or injuries or about WorkSafeBC forms or billing processes? WorkSafeBC’s medical advisors—who are all ... answer questions as needed. We can cover topics such as: How to initiate a WorkSafeBC claim for a patient with an ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Bal Hannay May 2025
Scenario 1: You request that a WorkSafeBC medical advisor call you to discuss a patient’s ... listed with your Physician’s Report (Form 8/11) in WorkSafeBC’s electronic records system. During the ... Why would these scenarios happen? The answer lies in how your contact information is shared between Health ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Bains, BKin, MOT September 2025
... or nurse practitioner, other health care professionals, WorkSafeBC claims teams, the employer, and the injured worker. For more than 20 years, WorkSafeBC has contracted with providers in communities ... BKin, MOT Director, Health Care Programs, WorkSafeBC BOX. How patients enter the Customized Recovery and Return-to-Work ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME December 2025
... many patients with work-related injuries, including at the WorkSafeBC Visiting Specialist Clinic. In this interview, Dr ... imaging for a referral. In terms of advanced imaging, how do you choose between ultrasound, CT, and MRI? Knee ... to primary care physicians and nurse practitioners from WorkSafeBC Thank you for seeing workers in person for ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Harvey Koochin, MD October 2025
... if the patient’s symptoms are related to work and how WorkSafeBC approaches this scenario. WorkSafeBC may consider claims not tied to a specific ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2024
... face unique physical and psychological risks at work. At WorkSafeBC, we have seen that violence and other threats to ... you when you sustain a work-related injury According to WorkSafeBC data, from 2018 to 2022, physicians made an average of just 10 claims per year for which WorkSafeBC began paying compensation. This accounts for less ...
Premise / BY: Nikhil Rajaram, MD, FCFP, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2024
... the only, stop for patients who raise concerns about how their work may be affecting their health, or how their ... of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and WorkSafeBC keeps a list of physicians that are recognized as ... legal clinics, occupational health clinics). In BC, WorkSafeBC functions as both health and safety regulator and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Patrick Wong December 2024
Recent WorkSafeBC data show a high rejection rate when physicians bill for Physician’s Reports that WorkSafeBC has requested. To make the billing process smoother, this article explains when and how to bill two applicable fee codes (19927 and 19559) and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, DFFP, PMETB, CELTA, LMCC, CCFP, MPH November 2024
... and the patient should be rewarmed cautiously.[ 2,3 ] WorkSafeBC guidance WorkSafeBC’s OHS Guidelines include guidelines for cold ... Table is based on one such guideline and is an example of how the risk of cold-exposure injuries can be reduced.[ 5 ] ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Harvey Koochin, MD December 2023
... care have all influenced the role of the physical exam. WorkSafeBC depends on external information to adjudicate a ... and recovery from a workplace injury or illness. When a WorkSafeBC medical advisor (a physician) reviews claims, they ... improving the accuracy of diagnoses and cautions that “how you perform the physical exam, and how often you perform ...