Medical Misadventure or Medical Treatment Injury Claims - Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waikato
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From: AS Van Wey
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
I am following up on a request made earlier this year to ACC: OIA reference: GOV-018467.
Thank you for providing the total number of medical treatment injury or medical misadventure claims that were submitted to ACC between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2021.
I am writing to request further detail. In particular, for each of the years 1 January 2016 to present, please provide the total of cancer and non-cancer related medical treatment injury or medical misadventure claims submitted to ACC which were related to care obtained at what is now known as Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waikato (aka Waikato District Health Board) or one of their contracted providers (e.g., Hamilton Radiology, Midland MRI, Pathlab, etc.).
Thank you.
AS Van Wey
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora AS
Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 17 October 2022. If you have any questions about the response you
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From: AS Van Wey
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
Thank you very much for your response dated Nov 9, 2022; however it did not include the information I had requested. You have only provided me with the number of claims which were submitted AND accepted by ACC. I am seeking the total number that was submitted to ACC, regardless of whether ACC accepted the claim or not.
I am surprised that you cannot differentiate between cancer and non-cancer related claims related to what was formerly known as Waikato DHB. The reason I am surprised by the response, is (1) the low number of claims that were accepted and (2) the fact that ACC had previously provided this information to a request that covered ALL of NZ rather than just the Waikato DHB region. This was about 6 months ago.
Would you please let me know when I should receive the information I had actually requested.
Yours faithfully,
AS Van Wey
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Government Engagement and Support Team
Government Engagement and Support, ACC
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* Box 242, Wellington 6011
[6]www.acc.co.nz
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora AS
The information included in this response was extracted the same way as
the response referred to in your request, GOV-018467. In our recent
response, GOV-021317, we have differentiated between accepted cancer and
non cancer-related claims for the Waikato DHB.
As outlined in GOV-018467, identification of cancer-related claims
involves a manual clinical review of individual claim details and is only
possible for accepted claims, where we have enough information on file to
determine whether the injury was cancer-related. Because of this, we were
only able to provide data on accepted claims for both responses.
We hope this provides further clarity.
Ngâ mihi
Sara Freitag (she/her)
Acting Manager | OIA Services
' 027 973 7330
* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011
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From: AS Van Wey
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
Again, I have not requested the number of claims accepted, but the number of claims submitted to ACC which were either Medical Misadventure or Medical Treatment Injury Claims. Would it be more clear if I were to ask for the total number of claims submitted, total number of claims accepted and total number of claims declined?
Yours faithfully,
AS Van Wey
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Accident Compensation Corporation
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January (inclusive) are not counted as working days under the Official
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ACC’s website. If ACC publishes the response to your OIA request, all
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about how to contact us is also available [5]here.
Ngâ mihi,
Government Engagement Team
Government Engagement, ACC
' 0800 101 996
* Box 242, Wellington 6011
[6]www.acc.co.nz
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 30 December 2022. If you have any questions about the response you
can contact us at this [1]address, for all other matters please use our
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Sara Freitag (she/her)
Acting Manager | OIA Services
' 027 973 7330
* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011
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From: AS Van Wey
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
Again, I have NOT requested the number of accepted for treatment injury claims.
I have requested the number of submitted treatment injury claims by a patient (under section 48) or another (under section 49).
Yours faithfully,
AS Van Wey
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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have received your email.
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calculator to find when your request for official information will be due
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be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the
ACC’s website. If ACC publishes the response to your OIA request, all
personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed.
The information you have requested may involve documents which contains
the names of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these
names. We may need to consult our staff before deciding whether we can
release this information, and this may take a bit more time. If we do not
hear from you, we will assume that you do not require staff names.
Our [2]website provides up to date news and information about our work.
You can also follow us on [3]Facebook and [4]Twitter. Further information
about how to contact us is also available [5]here.
Ngâ mihi,
Government Engagement Team
Government Engagement, ACC
' 0800 101 996
* Box 242, Wellington 6011
[6]www.acc.co.nz
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora Amy,
Thank you for your follow up email related to a response received on 10
February 2023 (GOV-022857).
To better respond to your request, we would first like to clarify your
request. Can you please confirm if you would like data for submitted
treatment injury claims where the injury was cancer-related?
If so, we note we are able to extract some information on the basis of the
Read or ICD codes recorded on the ACC45 claim form. The Read or ICD code
entered by a treating provider on the ACC45 claim form can
identify treatment injury claims submitted on the basis of a particular
condition. Please note this data is different from accepted cancer related
treatment injuries as a claim may not be found to be caused by treatment,
or failure to treat. The read code used may also not correctly describe
the injury caused by treatment.
Extracting data this way would also not capture treatment injury claims
that had been submitted under section 48 of the AC Act. To extract this
data, we would have to manually review all submitted treatment injury
claims. Therefore, we are refusing this part of your request as it would
require substantial collation and research to extract. This decision is
made under section 18(f) of the Act.
Please let us know by Friday 16 March if you would like to receive the
data, as outlined above, for submitted treatment injury claims. If we do
not hear from you by this date, we will proceed to make a decision on your
request as it stands.
Ngā mihi,
Sara Freitag,
Acting Manager | OIA Services, ACC
[mobile number]
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6011 / New Zealand / [1]www.acc.co.nz
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora AS Van Wey
Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 05 March 2023. If you have any questions about the response you can
contact us at this [1]address, for all other matters please use our
contact form at: [2]https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/ alternatively give us a
call on 0800 101 996.
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Ngâ mihi
Sara Freitag (she/her)
Acting Manager | OIA Services
' 027 973 7330
* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011
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