What the PPP is for
The PPP updates WCB Saskatchewan on the worker’s recovery, restrictions and treatment after your initial report. If recovery doesn’t progress, WCB offers advanced assessment and treatment or expedited appointments, which you can ask for on this form. The same form serves as the discharge report once the worker has recovered or returned to work.
Who completes it
The treating physician completes and signs the whole form. There’s no worker section.
How to fill in the report
Header and examination
Fill in the clinic, doctor number and worker details as on the PPI, with the WCB claim number, and the date of this examination.
Injury and recovery
Give the body part, current diagnosis, subjective complaints and objective findings. Report results of any diagnostics since your last report and forward the reports. Score recovery from 0 to 10, where 10 is pre-injury function. If recovery is slower than expected, explain why in the space given.
Time off and restrictions
Say whether the worker is off work or working with restrictions. If either applies, the form asks you to complete the rest. Fill in investigations, the treatment plan with named medication and providers, and the estimated restrictions with numbers.
Requests to WCB and other factors
Tick whether you’d like WCB to arrange or expedite a diagnostic test or specialist assessment, and name it. Record any health or non-health factors affecting recovery in the comments, such as a second job, mental health or a workplace dispute.
Return to work and next appointment
Give the expected duration of the effects and a return-to-work date. Say whether a transitional return to work has been discussed with the worker and employer, whether one is arranged, and any safety or medication concerns. Add the next appointment date so WCB knows when to expect the next report.
Common reasons it’s delayed or unpaid
- No recovery score, or a low score with no explanation of the delay.
- Restrictions copied from the last report without being reassessed.
- No next appointment date.
- Illegible, incomplete or unsigned reports, which WCB won’t pay for.
- More than one report on the same day, when only one fee is paid.
Submitting and who pays
Submit the PPP through WCB online services or by fax to the number on the form, signed and dated. WCB pays the fee directly when you invoice it: $47.87 under the schedule effective April 1, 2025, plus $16.25 for online submission. Invoices received more than 12 months after the service aren’t paid.