Workers compensation publications
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- A quick guide to workers compensation - information for workers
- Allied health recovery request (AHRR) technical help
- Allied health recovery request (AHRR) instructions for completion - PDF
- Appendix A insurance premiums orders 2015-2016
- Application for a new specialised insurer licence: requirements
- Application for approval of specialised insurer outsourcing arrangements: requirements
- Application to renew specialised insurer licence: requirementsAudit improvement plan template
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- Cessation of medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses (Section 59A): Information for health providers
- Claims management guide - an easy to use, ‘one stop shop’ for workers compensation claims management information.
- Claims technical manual - refer to 'Insurer data reporting requirements'
- Consultation C - treatment service fact sheet
- Consultation summary: public consultation draft workers compensation regulation 2016 (July 2016)
- Corrective Services NSW review
- Cross border arrangements for workers compensation guide
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- Deemed premium calculation methodology
- Decision notice summary
- Doctors and SIRA - your nominated treating doctor
- Dust diseases contributions 2022-2023
- Dust diseases contributions 2023 -2024
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- Fees and rates orders
Current health-related fees
These are the and rates orders.
- Ambulance service fees order (effective 7 August 2023)
- Public hospital rates order (effective 7 August 2023)
- Surgeon and Orthopaedic Surgeon Fees Order (effective 1 February 2024)
- SIRA telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners (effective 1 February 2024)
- Psychology and counselling fees & practice requirements (effective 1 February 2024)
- Private Hospital Maximum Rates Order (effective 1 February 2024)
- Physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy fees & practice requirements (effective 1 February 2024)
- Medical Practitioner Fees Order (effective 1 February 2024)
- Medical Examinations and Reports Fees Order (effective 1 February 2024)
- Massage Therapy Fees Order (effective 1 March 2024)
- Injury Management Consultant Fees Order (effective 1 February 2024)
- Independent Consultant Fees Order (effective 1 February 2024)
- Hearing Aid fees & practice requirements (effective 1 February 2024)
- General practitioner rates (effective 1 Feb 2024)
- Accredited exercise physiology fees & practice requirements (effective 1 February 2024)
Historical health-related fees
These are the historical health related fees and rates orders.
Fees and rates orders 2023
- General practitioner rates effective 1 February 2023
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners effective 1 February 2023
- General practitioner rates effective 9 March 2023
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners effective 9 March 2023
- General practitioner rates effective 6 July 2023
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners effective 6 July 2023
- Accredited exercise physiology fees and practice requirements (effective 1 February 2023)
- General practitioner rates (effective 1 November 2023)
- Hearing aid fees and practice requirements (effective 1 February 2023)
- Independent consultant fees order (effective 1 February 2023)
- Injury management consultant fees order (effective 1 February 2023)
- Massage therapy fees order (effective 1 February 2023)
- Medical examinations and reports fees order (effective 1 February 2023)
- Medical practitioners fees order (effective 1 February 2023)
- Physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy fees and practice requirements (effective 1 February 2023)
- Psychology and counselling fees and practice requirements (effective 1 February 2023)
- Private hospital maximum rates order (effective 7 November 2022)
- Surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon fees order (effective 1 February 2023)
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners (effective 1 November 2023)
Fees and rates orders 2022
- Accredited exercise physiology and practice requirements (effective 1 August 2022)
- General practitioner rates (effective 1 July 2022)
- General practitioner rates (effective 1 November 2022)
- Hearing aid fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2022)
- Independent consultant fees order (effective 1 January 2022)
- Injury management consultant fees order (effective 1 January 2022)
- Massage therapy fees order (effective 1 January 2022)
- Medical examinations and reports fees order (effective 1 January 2022)
- Medical practitioners fees order (effective 1 July 2022)
- Physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2022)
- Physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy fees and practice requirements (effective 1 August 2022)
- Psychology and counselling fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2022)
- Surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon fees order (effective 1 July 2022)
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners (effective 1 July 2022)
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners (effective 1 November 2022)
- Public hospital rates order (effective 22 July 2022)
- Ambulance service fees order (effective 22 July 2022)
Fees and rates orders 2021
- Ambulance service fees order (effective 6 August 2021)
- General practitioner rates (effective 1 December 2021)
- General practitioner rates (effective 1 January 2021)
- Hearing Aid fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2021)
- Independent Consultant fees order (effective 1 March 2021)
- Injury Management Consultant fees order (effective 1 March 2021)
- Massage Therapy fees order (effective 1 January 2021)
- Medical Examinations and Reports fees order (effective 1 March 2021)
- Medical Practitioners fees order (effective 1 December 2021)
- Medical Practitioners fees order (effective 1 January 2021)
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order (effective 1 December 2021)
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order (effective 1 January 2021)
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2022)
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2021)
- Psychology and Counselling fees and practice requirements (effective 1 January 2021)
- Public hospital rates order (effective 6 August 2021)
- Surgeon fees order (effective 1 December 2021)
- Surgeon fees order (effective 1 January 2021)
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners (effective 1 December 2021)
- Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners (effective 1 January 2021)
Fees and rates orders 2020
- Accredited Exercise Physiology
- Accredited Exercise Physiology No 2
- Accredited Exercise Physiology fees order No 3 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Ambulance service fees order (effective 11 September 2020)
- General Practitioners rates (effective 17 April 2020)
- Hearing Aid fees order (effective 1 January 2020)
- Hearing Aid fees order No 2 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Independent Consultant fees order
- Independent Consultant fees order No 2
- Independent Consultant fees order No 3 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Injury Management Consultant fees order
- Injury Management Consultant fees order No 2 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Massage Therapy fees order
- Medical Examinations and Reports fees order
- Medical Examinations and Reports fees order No 2 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Medical Practitioners fees order
- Medical Practitioners fees order No 2
- Medical Practitioners fees order No 3 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order No 2 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy No 2
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy No 3 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Psychology and Counselling fees order
- Psychology and Counselling fees order No 2
- Psychology and Counselling fees order No 3 (effective 17 April 2020)
- Private Hospital Maximum rates order (effective 17 March 2020)
- Public Hospital fees schedule (effective 1 July 2020)
- Public Hospital rates order (effective 1 July 2020)
- Surgeon fees order
- Surgeon fees order No 2 (effective 17 April 2020)
Fees and rates orders 2019
- Accredited Exercise Physiology
- General practitioners rates
- Hearing Aid fees order
- Independent Consultant
- Injury Management Consultant
- Massage Therapy fees order
- Medical Examinations and Reports
- Medical Examinations and Reports No 2
- Medical Practitioners fees order
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy
- Private Hospital fee schedule
- Private Hospital rates order
- Psychology and Counselling
- Public Hospital fee schedule
- Public Hospital rates order
- Surgeon fees order
Fees and rates orders 2018
- Ambulance fees schedule
- Ambulance services fee order
- Accredited exercise physiology
- General practitioner rates
- Hearing aid fees order
- Independent consultants
- Injury management consultants
- Massage Therapy fees order
- Medical examinations and reports
- Medical practitioner fees order
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order
- Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy fees order
- Psychology and counselling
- Private Hospital fees schedule
- Private Hospital rates order
- Public Hospital fees schedule
- Public hospital rates order
- Surgeon fees order
Fees and rates orders 2017
- Ambulance services fees order
- Ambulance services fees order no2
- Accredited exercise physiology
- General practitioner rates
- Hearing aid fees order
- Independent consultants
- Injury management consultants
- Massage Therapy fees order
- Medical examinations and reports
- Medical practitioner fees order
- Orthopaedic Surgeon fees order
- Physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy fees order
- Private Hospital rates order fees order
- Psychology and counselling
- Public Hospital rates order
- Public Hospital rates order no2
- Surgeon fees order
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- Group self-insurer standard licence conditions
- Guidelines for the approval of treating allied health practitioners
- Guidelines for claiming workers compensation 2016
- Guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment - summary of changes from 3rd to 4th edition
- Guidelines for workplace return to work programs
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- Identifying personal and environmental risk factors with FACTORWEB
- If you get injured at work poster
- If you get injured at work poster - Arabic
- If you get injured at work poster - Chinese (simplified)
- If you get injured at work poster - Chinese (traditional)
- If you get injured at work poster - Korean
- If you get injured at work poster - Vietnamese
- Independent medical examinations and reports: guidelines (March 2012)
- Independent medical examinations fact sheet
- Independent medical examinations and reports during the COVID-19 pandemic Guidance for examiners
- Independent medical examinations and reports during the COVID-19 pandemic Guidance for referrers
- Information for medical practitioners completing the SIRA certificate of capacity/certificate of fitness
- Information to engage a return to work coordinator
- Information to engage a shared return to work coordinator
- Injured at work guide for workers
- Injury management consultants fact sheet
- Injury management program: a guide and checklist for insurers
- Insurer audit remediation plan template
- Insurer audit tool
- Insurer claims management audit manual
- Insurer claims management audit guide
- Insurer claims management audit report template
- Insurer guidance - remediation plans
- Insurer data reporting requirements
- Part 1: Claims technical manual
- Part 2: Claims data item guidance specification
- Part 3: Claims technical manual claims state and events reference
- Part 4: Claims technical manual validations reference
- Part 5: Claims technical manual code set reference
- Part 6: Claims technical manual payment classification reference
- Part 7: Claims technical manual payment classification and estimates reference
- Part 8: Policy technical manual
- Part 9 - Policy data item guidance
- Part 10: Policy technical manual validations reference
- Part 11: Policy technical manual code set reference
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- JobCover placement program checklist
- JobCover placement program - information for workers and employers
- JobCover placement program guidance material
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- Licensed insurer business plan guidelines 2017
- Licensing framework for specialised insurers
- List of psychology and counselling independent consultants
- List of self insurers
- Listing as an assessor of permanent impairment
M
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- New pathways for enquiries, complaints and disputes: a quick guide
- Nominal Insurer Audit Report (January 2023)
- Nominal Insurer Audit Report (March 2023)
- Nominated treating doctor fact sheet
- NSW supplement to the guide: nationally consistent approval framework for workplace rehabilitation providers
- NSW workers compensation guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment
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- Permanent impairment guidelines table 4.2 interpretation and application
- Physical allied health recovery request (AHRR) example
- PIAWE Post-Implementation Review Report - March 2023
- Post-implementation review: Guidelines for claiming workers compensation
- Preparing for my specialist appointment
- Psychological allied health recovery request (AHRR) example
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- Recover at work planning tool
- Recovery at work - programs to support recovery at work in the workers compensation scheme
- Recover at work tools for employers
- Recovery at work is just good business
- Recovery at work support tools - Rapid Review
- Recovery at work support tools - Rapid Review (summary of research findings)
- Register of injuries or illness (sample template)
- Requesting consent to release and exchange personal information
- Requirements for providing notification by specialised insurers
- Return to work assist program for micro employers guidance material
- Return to work program checklist - category 1 employers
- Return to work programs: information for employers
- Reversing the trend - Improving return to work outcomes in NSW
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- Section 53 Vocational re-education programs: requirements for insurers
- Security deposits for self and specialised insurers
- Self-insurer information requirements
- Self-insurer licensing policy
- Self-insurer tiering model
- Self-insurer s189 business information requirements
- Significant matter notification requirements
- Single self-insurer standard licence conditions
- SIRA report on June 2016 Nominal Insurer valuation
- SIRA review of Nominal Insurer liability valuations (August 2018)
- SIRA review of the Nominal Insurer liability valuation as at 31 December 2018
- Specialised insurer annual information: requirements
- Specialised insurer licence
- Specialised insurers worker health and safety loss management program: assessment criteria
- Standard return to work program
- Standard return to work program for category 2 employers
- Standards of practice
T
- There's been a work-related incident - employers
- There's been a work-related incident - workers
- Training program guidance material
- Transition to work program guidance material
W
- What to expect from your workplace rehabilitation provider
- When a worker is injured: A workers compensation guide for employers
- Work trial checklist
- Work trial guidance material
- Work trial program: Information for potential host employers
- Work trial program: Information for workers
- WorkCover medical assessments guidelines 2006
- Workers compensation benefits guide
- Workers compensation exercise physiologist requirements
- Workers compensation guide for allied health practitioners
- Workers compensation guide for employers
- Workers compensation guide for medical practitioners
- Workers compensation guidelines
- Workers compensation guidelines for the approval of hearing service providers
- Workers compensation insurance fund audit report by Grant Thornton
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2022 (revised 14 June 2022)
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2021 (revised 20 August 2021)
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2020 (revised 25 May 2020)
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2020 (revised 29 April 2020)
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2018 (revised 21 May 2018)
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2018 (issued 1 March 2018)
- Workers compensation market practice and premium guidelines (MPPGs) 2017
Workers compensation monthly dashboards
- Workers compensation system monthly dashboard December 2020 PDF - 288.2KB, accessible version of the report (web page), data tables - excel worksheet - 243.9 KB, explanatory note
- Workers compensation system monthly dashboard November 2020 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel)
- Workers compensation system monthly dashboard October 2020 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel),
- Workers compensation system monthly dashboard September 2020 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel), explanatory note
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard August 2020 (PDF), data tables (Excel), accessible version of the report (web page)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard July 2020 (PDF), data tables (Excel), accessible version of the report (web page)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard June 2020 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel), explanatory note
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard May 2020 (PDF), data tables (Excel), accessible version of the report (web page)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard April 2020 (PDF), data tables (Excel), accessible version of the report (web page)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard March 2020 (PDF), data tables (Excel), explanatory note (web page)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard February 2020 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard January 2020 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel)
- Workers compensation monthly dashboard December 2019 (PDF), accessible version of the report (web page), data tables (Excel), explanatory note
Workers compensation statistical bulletins
- Statistical Bulletin 2016/2017
- Statistical Bulletin 2015/2016
- Statistical Bulletin 2014/2015
- Statistical bulletin 2013/2014
- Statistical bulletin 2012/2013
- Statistical bulletin 2011/2012
- Statistical bulletin 2010/2011
- Statistical bulletin 2009/2010
- Statistical bulletin 2008/2009
- Statistical bulletin 2007/2008
- Statistical bulletin 2006/2007
- Statistical bulletin 2005/2006
- Statistical bulletin 2004/2005
- Statistical bulletin 2003/2004
- Statistical bulletin 2002/2003
- Statistical bulletin 2001/2002
- Statistical bulletin 2000/2001
- Statistical bulletin 1999/2000
- Statistical bulletin 1998/1999