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The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program assists federal civilian employees who have sustained work-related injuries or disease by providing appropriate monetary and medical benefits and help in returning to work. The FECA program is administered by DOL’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’ Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation. Monetary benefits include compensation for lost wages and permanent impairment. Medical benefits provided to injured federal employees under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act include payment for reasonable and necessary medical treatment for the work-related injury or disease that OWCP considers likely to cure, relieve or lessen the period of disability. Vocational rehabilitation training and job-placement assistance may also be provided. The program also provides benefits to dependents if a work-related injury or disease causes death.

In order to be eligible for this benefit program, you must be one of the following: • A federal civilian employee who sustains a work-related injury or disease; or • An eligible survivor of a federal employee who died due to a work-related injury or disease. Federal Employees’ Compensation Act provides workers’ compensation coverage to approximately 2.6 million federal and postal workers around the world for employment-related injuries and occupational diseases. The Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation (DFEC) has responsibility for administering the Act through its twelve district offices and national office.

You do not have to see the “company doctor” your agency recommended. You can choose a clinic that will put your needs first and will work with you to get all the compensation benefits you need and deserve! When you work for the federal government, being injured on the job can be stressful, and you’ll want to quickly get on the path to recovery and get the benefits that keep you on track. However, many people don’t know that the Federal Workers Compensation Act allows you the right to select a doctor on your own. Don’t think that you must see the doctor that your employer tells you to. Federal Work Comp Experts in Tampa Bay Our team of well-known providers and customer service have a lot of experience in the practice and have in-depth knowledge of federal workers’ compensation. The care we provide for our patients is holistic. We offer a multispecialty treatment with a variety of providers that will help you to get better and go back to work.

If you wish to file a claim under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), you can file a claim using Form CA-1 (Notice of Traumatic Injury and Claim for Continuation of Pay/Compensation) or Form CA-2 (Notice of Occupational Disease and Claim for Compensation). Depending on your agency, you may be required to file an OSHA-301 before filing a FECA claim. If your claim is submitted to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), you will be assigned a case number and receive an informational letter from OWCP with that case number. That letter will also provide you with information regarding how to view your case status, billing updates, coverage limitations, and other information via the Claimant Query System (CQS). Once a case number has been assigned, you can submit information pertaining to that case file through ECOMP's Document Upload feature, available from the ECOMP homepage.

The CA-1 form is used if the employee has sustained a Traumatic Injury on the job. To be eligible, you must submit a CA-1 within 30 days of the injury. If disabled and claiming OWCP benefits, you must submit medical evidence supporting your disability to your employing agency within 10 workdays. The injury is a medical condition resulting from an incident or activity occurring during one work shift.

The CA-2 Notice of Occupational Disease form should be used if you have sustained an occupational disease injury on the job. An Occupational Disease is a condition produced in the work environment over a period longer than one work day or shift. To be eligible, you must submit a CA-1 within 30 days of the injury. If disabled and claiming OWCP benefits, you must submit medical evidence supporting your disability to your employing agency within 10 workdays.

Form CA-1 is used for a traumatic injury (a medical condition resulting from an incident or activity occurring during one work shift). Form CA-2 is for an occupational disease (a medical condition resulting from an incident or activity occurring over more than one work shift).

• An ECOMP account (you can register for an ECOMP account using your email address) • Your government organization • Your supervisor's email address • For new injury/illness claims, details for the event (place, time, extent of injury, etc.) • If available, supporting documentation, such as medical reports (have these ready in electronic format)

Remember that before filing a form in ECOMP, you must register and create an account. Once you have registered, you can initiate a form from your Employee Dashboard. You must fill out each form completely and submit it for review. You may save a partially completed form and come back to it later. You may also upload and attach supporting documents to be submitted along with a FECA claim form. If your form is incomplete, it will appear in your Dashboard as 'DRAFT', and will not be processed until you complete all fields and submit the form for review. Once you submit your form, it will be reviewed by your supervisor (we'll ask you for their email address) and then by a reviewing official within your agency. If appropriate, FECA forms will then be submitted to OWCP. If your supervisor has a question, he/she may send the form back to you. Forms sent back for your review will appear in your Dashboard as 'Returned to Filer'. You will receive status emails during this process. You may also use the "Track Status" function to monitor the progress of your submission or check the status of your forms from your Employee Dashboard.

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