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...

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...

I frequently speak to OWCP claimants who do not know what specific medical conditions their case is approved for. This can lead to...

In 2003 OWCP migrated from maintaining paper files to an electronic imaged system. When there is no activity for an extended period,...

When you are receiving federal workers compensation benefits you are a second class citizen. Your actions are scrutinized and interpreted...

I frequently hear from injured workers that they have difficulty requesting copies of their records, either being told they are not...

In order for a medical provider to bill OWCP for medical care, the provider needs to register through OWCP's contractor to get a provider...

This is a topic I have previously posted, but its important and bears repeating. If you are receiving a check from OWCP and are also...

For any time that you are claiming workers compensation pay, you must be very careful about engaging in ANY type of other "employment"...

An emotional injury caused by the day-to-day duties of one's job is a valid basis for a federal employee's workers compensation claim....

OWCP's 2019 payment schedule for FECA claimants receiving periodic wage loss and schedule award payments is now accessible on the web. It...

I have been fielding a lot of calls this morning from FECA claimants who should have received their direct deposit periodic roll payment...

It's that time of year, if you need to make a change to your health benefit enrollment, or just want to explore your options, remember...

If you have gotten mail from OWCP since late August, you may have noticed that OWCP claims personnel names no longer appear on most...

I am frequently surprised that claimants are unaware that they can fax documents to their OWCP office. The contact information for each...

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...