Your responsibilities as a provider
If you’re a provider treating a patient with a work-related injury, we want to work with you to ensure the patient receives the right level of treatment to support their recovery and return to work.
WorkCover is focused on getting the best outcomes for customers, both employers and workers. Our priority is to ensure workers receive timely treatment and rehabilitation services to help their return to work and, the treatment is at a fair and reasonable cost to minimise impact on employer premiums.
As the main provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Queensland, we also have a responsibility to maintain the financial viability of the workers’ compensation fund. This means working with our partners in the medical and allied health industry to ensure a balance in the level of services and costs without compromising the treatment and rehabilitation of workers.
What are my responsibilities?
Clinical framework
As a healthcare professional, WorkCover encourages you to adopt the nationally recognised clinical framework (PDF, 1.29 MB) in the treatment of an injury. This framework is based on the following principles and is intended to support you in delivering the right treatment through:
- Measurement and demonstration of the effectiveness of treatment
- Adoption of a biopsychosocial approach
- Empowering the injured worker to manage the injury
- Implementing goals focused on optimising function, participation and return to work; and
- Base treatment on the best available research evidence.
Health benefits of good work
Research shows that getting back to work is a vital part of recovery that benefits the health and wellbeing of the injured worker. Your treatment programs should help workers get back to work as early and safely as possible. More information is available on the health benefits of good work.
Invoicing WorkCover
We provide a table of costs for different kinds of services applicable for workers' compensation in Queensland.
Please refer to these table of costs and associated item numbers when invoicing us for your services.
More information is available on how to invoice us.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding your responsibilities in treating a patient with a work-related injury, please email us at communications@workcoverqld.com.au.