Understand how to bill for physician services provided to injured workers covered by WCB. Learn about the WCB fee guide, WCB physician reference guide, billing rules and physician forms.
WCB resources
- AMA-WCB Fee Schedule (Effective April 1, 2025) These increases are a result of the arbitrated settlement arising from the 4th year reopener in the AMA/GoA agreement, which our WCB agreement mirrors. Price changes will be made going forward, and WCB will advise when back-payments to April 1, 2025 will begin.
- AMA-WCB Provider Update (December 2025)
- WCB Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2025)
- WCB Fee Update (January 2023)
- WCB Physician's Billing Guide: Reconciliation (Effective Fall 2024) Provides tips and tools to help physicians and billing staff to reconcile weekly cheques and direct deposits
- AMA Billing Contract Reference Guide(CRG) (Effective January 1, 2025) Serves as the interpretive resource for submitting all contract-related billings.
- WCB Physician Services WCB-AB webpage for health care and service providers includes WCB fee schedule, forms. FAQs, fact sheets and guides
AMA billing tips and Resources
- Example Billing Scenarios for Current WCB-AMA Physician Services Compensation Agreement
- Are you missing out on billing when providing WCB services?
- Receiving a warning message when using the CMPG01 to 10 modifiers?
- Rejected claims - explanatory code 21
- WCB Report Fee Adjustments to current contract
- WCB-Alberta for debridement
- WCB-Alberta for expedited surgeries
Avoid batching...
Batching reports (which often delays reports) will prevent you from optimizing the WCB’s new same day and on time reporting incentives. It’s recommended that in order to capitalize on these reporting incentives (and to avoid late report fee reductions), you work with your billing software vendor and/or submitter to update and revise your current reporting process, preferably before July 1.
Batching reports (which often delays reports) will prevent you from optimizing the WCB’s new same day and on time reporting incentives. It’s recommended that in order to capitalize on these reporting incentives (and to avoid late report fee reductions), you work with your billing software vendor and/or submitter to update and revise your current reporting process, preferably before July 1.
The WCB’s Electronic Injury Reporting (EIR) system remains an efficient and convenient way to submit reports. As of last review, 49% of reports were submitted by physicians and/or their staff versus 51% submitted online by a vendor.
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