PATIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Worker’s Compensation Board
General Information
The Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB) has a fax-based reporting and billing process for healthcare
providers. Instead of mailing reports, healthcare providers can fill out the form on paper or online and
send them to the WCB by fax.
Fax in Winnipeg: 954-4999 Fax outside of Winnipeg: 1-877-872-3804
When a claim is rejected by WCB you have 6 months from the service date to bill Manitoba Health for the
claim. You will need to edit the claims.
Set Up a WCB Patient
In Patient Information:
- on the Billing tab
Patient Type
WCB
Patient Category
Default Code
as appropriate
Adjustment
- on the Manitoba / WCB tab:
input Claim #, Accident Date, Adjuster, and Diagnosis
Posting Transactions for WCB Patients
When posting activity for the WCB patient you can select the same activity as you would for a regular
patient if your fee schedule is set up correctly. All transactions for treatments should have WCB codes and
fees attached and will $0.00 under the Patient column.
Reports and inventory items billable to WCB should be added to Fee Schedule Inventory.
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