WCB Rates

Doctors Manitoba and the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba have reached an agreement covering form, report and administrative fees. This four-year agreement is effective January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2021.

Key enhancements in the new contract include:

A new tariff to remunerate physicians for communicating with WCB representatives, effective January 1, 2020.
New tariffs to remunerate physicians for the provision of chart notes to the WCB upon their request. These tariffs include physician time spent preparing these documents and a standardized per page rate for photocopying, printing etc, effective January 1, 2020.
A new tariff that sets out how physicians are to be remunerated when the WCB requests their attendance at a meeting. This tariff includes preparation time and travel time to the meeting, effective January 1, 2020.
The creation of a Liaison Committee between the parties that will work to expeditiously address change or concerns associated with physician services for the WCB.
General rate increases of 0.75% in year three (January 1, 2020) and 1.0% in year four (January 1, 2021).

WCB Tariffs and Rates

Tariff No.	Description	2020 Rate*
3024	Doctors First Attendance Report	$65.84
3025	Doctors Progress Report¹	$56.62
5562	Administrative Fee for Follow-up Visits²	$15.26
3026	Comprehensive Consultation Report (per page)³	$152.08
3022	Pain Management Administrative Fee	$152.08
5559	Surgical Administrative Fee (procedures valued $100 or more, but less than $300)	$152.08
5560	Surgical Administrative Fee (procedures valued $300 or more)	$304.06
8114	Opioid Management Report (Initial)	$93.19
8115	Opioid Management Report (Progress)	$56.62
3010	Telephone Consultation (per 15 minutes)	$75.56
0015	Provision of Chart Notes (up to first 5 pages)	$17.13
0016	Provision of Chart Notes (per page, after 5 pages)	$3.43
0017	Photocopying charge (per 15 minutes)	$75.56
0018	In-Person consultation, when requested by the WCB	$300.00

*2020 rates are effective January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.

Billing Note:

If you submit a claim for a Doctors Progress Report (3025), you cannot also claim for an Administrative Fee for Follow-up Visits (5562)
Where a physician is required to see a patient on more than one occasion as a result of a WCB claim but does not submit a Doctors Progress Report (or Opioid Management Report) for that visit, the physician is entitled to claim 5562.
WCB pays per page or with prior approval from WCB, the physicians hourly rate.