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WorkCover terminates payments – conciliation or medical panel?

By on June 7, 2012 in ACCS, Medical Panel, Stories, Tips & Tricks, WorkCover, WorkSafe Vic

We received an email from an injured worker overnight stating that after he had been sent to an independent medical exam (IME), his workcover insurer called him and cancelled his payments and all expenses on the basis of the IME’s opinion that his injury was not work related. The injured worker’s sollicitor advised him that [...]

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Medical Panel or a judge?

By on June 2, 2012 in ACCS, Legislation, Medical Panel, Resources, Tips & Tricks, WorkCover

A few days ago aworkcovervictimsdiary.com received a rather difficult-to-answer email from an injured worker, located in Victoria. The injured worker, who is supposed to attend court to dispute weekly payments, medical expenses and liability for additional injuries, is wondering whether his world is falling apart now that the workcover insurer insists on a Medical Panel [...]

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Injured at work on first day of new job – advice needed

By on April 28, 2012 in ACCS, Employment, Psych, Stories, Workplace injury

aworkcovervictimsdiary.com received an email from an injured worker, who, most unfortunately, sustained a psychiatric injury on his first day at work, when he had been held up at gun point by a robber. It appears that his employer has not been honest and has made the -brand new – employment contract “disappear” in order to [...]

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WorkCover case manager tells injured worker she is fat to deny benefit

By on March 31, 2012 in ACCS, Case manager (follies), Stories, WorkCover, WTF

Last night, we received an anonymous message via our share your story page, from a workcover advocate who regularly represents injured workers at conciliation. He writes to us that it astounds him how outrageous some insurance representatives and workcover case managers can get in either denying benefits or entitlements, or in explaining why they should [...]

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Workcover termination of payments: when insurer suddenly terminates medical expenses

By on March 29, 2012 in ACCS, Entitlements, Fraud & Abuse, Insurance claims, Legislation, Stories, WorkSafe Vic

Yesterday, aworkcovervictimsdiary.com received an email from a genuinely and severely injured worker who has had her medical expenses suddenly terminated by her workcover insurer, without a seemingly logical nor valid reason. She (and we) are wondering if there are any other injured workers out there who have had their medical expenses suddenly terminated and what [...]

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Going to a Conciliation conference for your work injury

By on November 9, 2011 in ACCS, Legislation, Tips & Tricks

Applying for, or lodging an appeal at Conciliation (ACCS) can certainly seem confusing and may also be quite stressful – and it certainly helps if you understand the process. As you know by now, when you sustain an injury at work, you can make a workcover claim. The workcover insurance company of your employer (e.g [...]

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Resolving workcover disputes with the Accident Compsensation Conciliation Service (ACCS)

By on September 14, 2011 in ACCS, Fraud & Abuse, Legislation, Tips & Tricks

If I do not agree with decisions made by my Insurance Agent, how are disputes with WorkCover resolved? Most disputes are initially referred to the Accident Compensation Conciliation Service (ACCS), which will attempt to resolve a dispute in an informal manner. It is necessary to lodge an application for conciliation.The decision made by the ACCS [...]

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