Effective date: December 1, 2006
Application: All claims involving medical aid billings.
Policy subject: Health care services – general
Purpose:
To outline the procedure for the payment of late billings from health care providers.
Medical aid is defined in Section 2(1)(v) of The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 (the “Act”) as the provision of medical and surgical aid, of hospital and professional nursing services, of chiropractic and other treatment and of prosthetics or apparatus.
The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
2(v), 103,104, and 110
Board Directive 17/50 Medical Aid – Late Discount
01 January 2014. References updated in accordance with The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013