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Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)

Scale of Fees

Annual Increase in Medical Tariffs for Medical Service Providers - 2023

Occupational Therapy Gazette 2023

Minimum of Information to be included on Medical Invoices submitted to the Compensation Fund

 

The following must be indicated on a medical invoice in order to be processed by the Compensation Fund

 

1. The allocated Compensation Fund claim number

 

2. Name and ID number of employee

 

3. Name and Compensation Fund registration number, as indicated on the corresponding Employers Report of Accident (W.CL 2), for switched invoices

 

4. DATES:
a. Date of accident
b. Date of service (From and To)

 

5. Medical Service Provider BHF practice number

 

6. VAT registration number (VAT will not be paid if a VAT registration number is not supplied on the invoice)

 

7. Tariff Codes:
a. Tariff code applicable to injury/disease as in the official published tariff guides
b. Amount claimed per code and the total of the invoice

 

8. VAT:
a. The tariff amounts published in the tariff guides to medical services rendered in terms of the COID Act of 1993 do not include VAT. All invoices for services rendered will be assessed without VAT. Only if it is indicated that the service provider is registered as a VAT vendor and a VAT registration number is provided, will VAT be calculated and added to the payment, without being rounded off.
b. The only exception is the "per diem" tariffs for Private Hospitals that already include VAT.
c. Please note that there are VAT exempted codes in the Private Ambulance tariff structure.

 

9. All pharmacy or medication invoices must be accompanied by the original scripts

 

10. Where applicable the referral letter from the treating practitioner must accompany the medical service providers' invoice.

 

11. All medical invoices must be submitted with invoice numbers to prevent system rejections. Duplicate invoices should not be submitted.

 

PLEASE NOTE:        The Compensation Fund will withhold payments if medical invoices do not comply with minimum submission and billing requirements as published in the Government Gazette