All registered voters in PA can now vote by mail, you can request your vote by mail documents at the following website: https://www.pavot...

I have received a lot of questions lately regarding the pandemic and how it is impacting upon OWCP claims. OWCP is continuing to operate ...

OWCP was late in posting the 2020 periodic roll schedule, but that is now online at the following location: https://www.dol.gov/owcp/dfec...

I am frequently asked by FECA claimants "how do I change my attending physician for my OWCP case?" This can be a problem because many cla...

I was recently reminded of a client who passed away some time ago who had worked as a welder on a military base repairing parts from figh...

OWCP has been scheduling many more second opinion exams in the last 6 months as there has been an internal effort to scrutinize long term...

With the spread of the coronavirus / covid 19 there are going to be many issues arising with OWCP's handling of FECA claims. There was al...

A vocational counselor in the state of Washington has apparently been severely criticized by a local judge for practices that seem to cal...

Federal employees who are exposed to noise in the course of their job are entitled to workers compensation benefits for the damage this c...

This is a little off topic from my usual OWCP related post, but federal employees should find this article interesting as it provides som...

If OWCP determined your schedule award by having Ari Kaz MD review your file and prepare a district medical advisor (DMA) memo, there is ...

For several months I have been pointing out to OWCP's National Office that correspondence routinely mailed by OWCP is being run through t...

Open Season is upon us, go to the OPM website and plan your open season changes: https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/open-season

Dear Acting Secretary Pizzella, The federal government operates its own administrative process for federal employees workers compensation...

For some reason, I have spoken with several federal employees employees recently who, shortly after they were injured and filed a claim f...

I recently heard of a claimant whose benefits are handled by the Cleveland OWCP office who received a letter demanding that the claimant ...

OWCP updated the way their phone system works when calling your claims examiner earlier this year. One annoying delay is that your claims...

I have many clients who unfortunately have serious disabling injuries that will prevent them from returning to work for the rest of their...

Several years ago OWCP cut off direct claimant access to the Claimant Query System (CQS) due to massive amounts of medical billing fraud ...