Optimum everyday rates of reimbursable medical costs changed for workers hurt at work and occupational illness patients
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The Labour Department (LD) today (October 3) revealed that the optimum everyday rates of medical costs reimbursable by workers hurt at work and recommended occupational illness victims who have actually gotten medical treatment in regard of a work injury or a recommended occupational illness will be changed from January 1, 2026.
The Legislative Council on September 26 passed 2 resolutions to increase the optimum everyday rate of medical expenditures for out-patient treatment under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (ECO) and the Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance (PMCO) from $300 to $500 and the optimum everyday rate of medical expenditures for in-patient and out-patient treatment got on the exact same day from $370 to $700, while preserving the optimum everyday rate of medical costs for in-patient treatment at $300, making it possible for hurt workers and recommended occupational illness patients to get improved defense on medical expenditures.
“In general, the revised rates can cover the expenses incurred by injured employees and prescribed occupational disease sufferers on consultation, treatment/therapy, injection and dressing, medicines and hospitalisation, etc, on a day in a public hospital or clinic,” a spokesperson for the LD stated.
Under the ECO and the PMCO, hurt staff members and recommended occupational illness victims who have actually gotten medical treatment in regard of a work injury or a recommended occupational illness might declare compensation of the real quantity of medical expenditures sustained, based on the optimum day-to-day rates defined in the 2 Ordinances.
The modified optimum everyday rates of reimbursable medical costs were gazetted today and will work from January 1, 2026. For medical treatment got on or after the efficient date fulfilling the pertinent arrangements of the ECO or the PMCO, the brand-new optimum everyday rates of reimbursable medical costs will apply.