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POSSE Framework, Next-Generation Case Management, Administrative Decision-Making

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From: Andrew Allan

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

I am writing to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:
1. POSSE Framework and "Serious Service Failure"
• The total number of Payment Outside Scope of Statutory Entitlements (POSSE) requests received by ACC between March 2024 and March 2026.
• The number of these requests that were declined because they did not meet the "serious service failure" threshold.
• The total number of active complaints currently with the Office of the Ombudsman regarding ACC’s POSSE decisions.
• A copy of the internal "rationale" or policy document that defines where the threshold for serious service failure sits.

2. Next-Generation Case Management (NGCM) Impact
• The specific criteria used to triage claimants with traumatic amputations or treatment injuries into the "Assisted Recovery" (remote/team-based) stream.
• The total number of claimants currently in the "Assisted Recovery" stream who have an accepted cover for a Treatment Injury.
• Any internal reports or audits produced since 2020 that mention the Assisted Recovery model being "constrained" or "hampering clients' recovery".

3. Administrative Decision-Making
• ACC's policy regarding the requirement to issue formal written decision letters under Section 64 of the AC Act 2001.
• The number of internal complaints received in the last 12 months regarding a failure to issue a formal decision (i.e., "constructive refusal").

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Allan

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Kia ora Andrew

 

Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 17 March 2026. 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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Ngā mihi
Nicky Judd 
Manager | OIA Services

* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011

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