NEW ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AND FILING PROCEDURES FOR INJURED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
The Employees’ Compensation Operations & Management Portal (ECOMP) is to be used to electronically file reports of injury or illness, as well as claims for...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:08:00 AM
On October 17th furloughed federal employees returned to work, and they will receive full pay for the days off on furlough during the government shutdown since that was included in the bill signed by both houses of Congress and the President (and ...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 1:33:00 PM
Many postal employees are wondering how the government shutdown is affecting Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) claims. The adjudication of OWCP claims and the payment of workers’ compensation benefits are considered essential work,...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:12:00 PM
There is a hearing in the House scheduled for July 10th on FECA reform. It will be held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections (Tim Walberg (R) Chairman, Joe Courtney (D) Ranking Member. This subcommittee is under the jurisdiction of the...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:09:00 PM
As the administrator of the FECA, OWCP has the exclusive authority to control access to and disclosure of FECA records, including those in possession of the federal agencies who employ our injured workers. Although the United States Department of ...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013 2:52:00 PM
Should a claimant an incorrect form, such as a Notice of Traumatic Injury (CA-1) rather than a Notice of Occupational Disease (CA-2) (See 20 CFR 10.5(ee) & 20 CFR 10.5(q)), such a submission is a technical error. OWCP should inform the...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:28:00 PM
If my client does not attend the meeting he/she is placing doubt in the mind of OWCP Claims Examiner that something is wrong. The first knee jerk reaction a Claims Examiner would be to send my client for a 2nd opinion examination and then proceed ...
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Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:19:00 PM
Periodically the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), as part of its quality assurance efforts, reviews the status of its long-term disability cases. This type of review has traditionally been contacted by the assigned Claims Examiner ...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 1:12:00 PM
OWCP has announce a new component of ECOMP that allows Agency Reviewers to securely view documents in the Office of Workers' Compensation (OWCP) case file concerning claims under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA). Effective April 9,...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:24:00 PM
I have learned that DOL had a fire and ECAB was out of the office for a while. They are accordingly behind in their work. Decisions will be slow coming out for a while.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 8:21:00 AM