Non-specialist physician's combined first report and invoice for every first visit on a work injury.
- Completed by
- Physician (general practitioner / non-specialist)
- Issued by
- WCB-Alberta
- Format
- Online portal or EMR
- Language
- English
WCB Alberta C568A: Medical Consultation Report
Specialists use this invoice-and-report in WCB-Alberta's electronic injury reporting for every service they provide to an injured worker, including consultations, follow-ups, surgery, anesthetic and diagnostic imaging claims. Any physician billing a supplementary report that WCB requested uses it too. The typewritten narrative report is attached, and no report fee is paid unless a report is submitted and invoiced.
Who completes it
Specialist physicians complete the invoice fields and attach their typewritten consultation, surgical or follow-up report; other physicians use it only to bill a supplementary report WCB has requested.
Submitting and payment
- How to submit it
- Submit it within myWCB Electronic Injury Reporting; WCB-Alberta's fee schedule requires all specialist invoices to be submitted on form C568 there.
- Who pays
- WCB-Alberta pays consultation reports under RF01E and follow-up reports under RF03E at same-day, on-time or late rates, and requested supplementary reports under RF04, RF05 or RF06.
Good to know
- An initial specialist or visiting specialist clinic consultation report must be typewritten and cover history, complaints, objective findings, diagnosis, and an opinion on recovery, return-to-work date and modified duties.
- Specialist reports count as on-time when WCB receives them within 4 business days; reports received later are paid at the lower late rate.
- Surgical reports need the date, a thorough description of the procedure, worker tolerance, abnormal findings or complications, anticipated recovery date and approximate follow-up date.
- For a WCB-requested supplementary report, enter the requesting claim owner's name and the request date in the referring physician and referral date fields.
Get the official form
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Medical Consultation Report (C568A)
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between C568 and C568A?
WCB-Alberta's Physician's Reference Guide lists the specialists' Medical Consultation Report as C568A and shows the medical invoice C-568 in its Appendix B. General practitioners use C568 for follow-up visits with no relevant change and for services that need no report, while specialists use C568A for all services and any physician uses it for supplementary reports.
When is a specialist report on time for WCB Alberta?
When WCB receives it within 4 business days. The specialist fee schedule pays consultation reports (RF01E) and follow-up reports (RF03E) at three rates: same-day, on-time and late. The Physician's Reference Guide adds that no report fee is paid unless a report is submitted and invoiced, and that tray fees must be added because they are not automatic.