OWCP Interagency Meeting

June 2, 2015
Douglas Fitzgerald

Director,

Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation
Agenda

OWCP Interagency Meeting, June 2, 2015

 Welcome, Douglas Fitzgerald

 Opening Remarks, Leonard J. Howie, III

 Agency Performance, Gary Steinberg

 ICD-10/Debit Cards, Jay Mariani

 General Reminders, Tara Jones

 Contracts and Q&A, Julia Tritz
Leonard J. Howie, III

Director,

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
Gary Steinberg

Deputy Director,

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
Federal Safety and Workers’ 

Compensation Initiatives
FY2015 Agency Performance

(Through 2nd Q)

All Government

(less USPS)

FY14 Year 

End Result

FY15 

Result

YTD

Goal 4: Timely Filing of Claims 88.76% 88.32%

Goal 5: Timely Filing of Wage Loss 

Claims 82.86% 84.59%

Goal 6: Lost Production Days 31.8 29.0

Goal 7: Return to Work Rate 90.73% 89.75%

OWCP-tracked Goals 4 through 7
CA-1/2 Timeliness

FY2015 through 2nd Q

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (All)

DOD (Agencies) 

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Percent of 

Injury/Illness 

Notices 

Timely Filed
CA-7 Timeliness

FY2015 through 2nd Q

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (All)

DOD (Agencies) 

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Percent of 

Wage Loss 

Claims 

Timely Filed
Lost Production Days

FY2015 through 2nd Q

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (All)

DOD (Agencies) 

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Lost 

Production 

Days per 100 

Employees
Return to Work

FY2015 through 2nd Q

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (Agencies) 

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Percent of Disabled 

Employees 

Returned to Work 

with Federal 

Agency
Jay Mariani

Chief,

Branch of Fiscal Operations

Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation
DFEC Conversion to ICD-10

• DFEC has completed coding the iFECS application to 

accept ICD-10 codes. Testing will start within the next 

month to prepare for “go live” implementation on 

October 1, 2015.

• The Data Extract Files have been modified to accept the 

new ICD-10 codes. File layout information was e-mailed 

out to the Agencies on May 28th.

• DFEC is forming an IT working group to discuss the 

upcoming ICD-10 changes and testing opportunities. Email will be sent out shortly to offer inclusion in the 

working group.
Direct Express Debit Card

• Prepaid debit card that allows Federal benefit recipients 

to receive payments electronically without having a bank 

account

• Low-cost account that recipients can use to withdrawal 

cash from an ATM or use at POS locations

• Comerica Bank manages the program as Treasury's 

Financial Agent and the enrollments handled by the Go 

Direct call center in Dallas 

• For all questions or enrollment inquiries contact Go 

Direct at http://www.godirect.gov or via phone at 

(855) 224-0213
Tara Jones

Chief,

Branch of Technical Assistance

Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation
Julia Tritz

Deputy Director,

Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation