Treatment under a WorkSafeBC claim
What WorkSafeBC pays for, how long you have, and what to bring to the first visit — with the clinics that bill it directly, where we hold enough of them to compare.
as long as your claim stays openTreatment window
An accepted claim and your claim number.What you need to start
Nothing at the deskAt the desk
How a WorkSafeBC claim gets you treated
Tell your employer, then WorkSafeBC
Report the injury to your employer the day it happens and file with WorkSafeBC. Treatment can start before the claim is decided.
Book with a provider who takes WSBC
Not every clinic does. The ones on this page said so themselves — they are set up to invoice WorkSafeBC and to file the reports it asks for.
The clinic bills and reports
Your practitioner sends the treatment plan and updates. You pay nothing at any point on an accepted claim.
What WorkSafeBC covers
Set by your treatment plan rather than a fixed count — the clinic requests extensions on your behalf.
- Physiotherapy
- as approved
- Chiropractic
- as approved
- Massage therapy
- as approved
- Acupuncture
- as approved
- Counselling
- as approved
- Kinesiology
- as approved
- Occupational therapy
- as approved
- Podiatry
- as approved
- Naturopathic medicine
- not covered
- Dietetics
- not covered
- Osteopathy
- not covered
- Speech therapy
- not covered
Where you can compare WorkSafeBC clinics
These are the cities where we hold enough clinics billing this claim to be worth comparing. The funder works everywhere in the province; our index does not yet.
- VancouverPhysiotherapy36 clinicsMassage therapy30 clinicsAcupuncture24 clinicsKinesiology21 clinicsChiropractic18 clinicsCounselling9 clinics
- SurreyPhysiotherapy31 clinicsMassage therapy29 clinicsAcupuncture22 clinicsChiropractic21 clinicsKinesiology20 clinicsCounselling10 clinicsNaturopathic medicine6 clinics
- BurnabyMassage therapy19 clinicsPhysiotherapy18 clinicsAcupuncture12 clinicsChiropractic10 clinicsKinesiology10 clinics
- CoquitlamPhysiotherapy13 clinicsKinesiology10 clinicsMassage therapy8 clinicsAcupuncture7 clinicsChiropractic5 clinicsCounselling5 clinics
- North VancouverPhysiotherapy12 clinicsAcupuncture8 clinicsMassage therapy6 clinicsKinesiology5 clinicsNaturopathic medicine3 clinics
- LangleyPhysiotherapy10 clinicsMassage therapy8 clinicsAcupuncture6 clinics
- Langley TwpPhysiotherapy10 clinicsMassage therapy7 clinicsAcupuncture6 clinicsKinesiology6 clinicsChiropractic4 clinics
- AbbotsfordMassage therapy8 clinicsKinesiology6 clinicsPhysiotherapy5 clinicsChiropractic4 clinics
- RichmondPhysiotherapy8 clinicsChiropractic7 clinicsKinesiology7 clinicsMassage therapy7 clinicsAcupuncture4 clinics
- ChilliwackMassage therapy5 clinicsPhysiotherapy4 clinicsChiropractic3 clinics
- DeltaPhysiotherapy5 clinicsMassage therapy4 clinics
- VictoriaChiropractic5 clinicsPhysiotherapy5 clinicsMassage therapy4 clinicsKinesiology3 clinics
- KelownaMassage therapy4 clinicsPhysiotherapy4 clinics
- Port CoquitlamPhysiotherapy4 clinicsMassage therapy3 clinics
- SquamishPhysiotherapy4 clinics
- ComoxPhysiotherapy3 clinics
- KamloopsMassage therapy3 clinicsPhysiotherapy3 clinics
WorkSafeBC claims: what to know
WorkSafeBC treatment is administratively heavier than an ICBC claim and financially lighter. There is no user fee to compare and nothing to pay at the desk, so the thing worth filtering for is the clinic’s willingness to do the paperwork: treatment plans, extension requests and return-to-work reporting.
That is also why this page reports a shorter list than the ICBC one at the same city size. A clinic set up to invoice WorkSafeBC has said so; a clinic that has not is not counted as a refusal, only as one we cannot confirm.