Original version : Health Care Benefits
Health Care Benefits
In addition to loss of earnings benefits, WSIB benefits pay for a number of costs related to workplace injury and illness, including:
- Health care
- Prescription drugs
- Medical devices and orthotics
- Transportation costs associated with work-related injury or illness.
In most cases, we pay the health care provider directly. Your adjudicator, together with your nurse case manager, will advise you on how to claim for these benefits and how each benefit is paid.
Prescription Drug Expenses
Most of the time, the pharmacist can bill us directly online for your claim-related medications. Provide the pharmacist with your claim number and ask to have your prescription processed through our WSIB online system.
If for any reason the cost of your prescription cannot be approved electronically, please complete a Medication Reimbursement Form.
Your pharmacist has this form or you can download and fill out a WSIB Medication Reimbursement Form. Be sure to attach your original receipts to the completed form, and sign it, before mailing it in.
Return to Work Help
The WSIB provides a team of professionals to help you get back to work after illness or injury. This team includes your adjudicator and a nurse case manager (a registered nurse trained to deal with workplace injury). The team may also call on ergonomists, advisors, mediators, and outside providers to help you get back on the job.
If you cannot go back to your original employer, you may receive help in re-entering the workforce in another job or business that is safe and suitable. This is provided through private contract labour market re-entry providers who assist you in preparing yourself to re-enter the job market.
More information on these topics is available in the Early and Safe Return to Work and Labour Market Re-entry Plans sections of this site.
Disability Resources
The Canadian Abilities Foundation (CAF) provides links to a multitude of disability resources to help employers accommodate injured workers and help injured workers and their families cope with disability. Find help from CAF's Web site, Enablelink.
The Canadian Helen Keller Centre is a resource for persons who are deaf-blind, their families, service providers, volunteers, supporters, and the general public about the needs, concerns and challenges of persons living with both vision and hearing loss.
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
200 Front Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 3J1
Phone: (416) 344-1000
Toll free: 1-800-387-5540
Ontario Toll free: 1-800-387-0750
TTY: 1-800-387-0050
Web site: www.wsib.on.ca
