ACC Integrated Care Pathway (ICP): coordinated injury recovery that works

When an injury is complex - involving multiple needs, slow progress or barriers to recovery - a single-service approach often isn’t enough.

The ACC Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) is designed for these exact situations: bringing together the right mix of clinical services under a single, coordinated framework so that recovery is faster, better joined-up and less stressful to navigate.

Habit Health is an approved ACC provider delivering ICP and a wide range of ACC programmes nationwide. Here’s what you need to know.

What is the ACC Integrated Care Pathway?

The Integrated Care Pathway or ICP is ACC’s coordination model for people with more complex back, knee or shoulder injury-related needs. Rather than receiving a series of disconnected appointments across multiple providers, a person on the ICP gets a structured, multidisciplinary programme with defined phases, clear recovery goals and regular communication between their treatment team and ACC.

The aim is to reduce unnecessary delays, prevent people from falling through the gaps between services, and support a return to work, daily activities and full function as efficiently as possible.

An important point: neither patients nor referrers need to request ICP specifically. Habit Health’s referral team triages every referral and determines whether the ICP — or another ACC programme - is the right fit. One referral is all it takes.