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OWCP Interagency Meeting

OWCP Interagency Meeting. Shelby Hallmark, Director Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs November 28, 2007. “SHARED” Progress. FECA is like football: -- It’s a contact sport, and it’s all about teamwork. SHARE has focused agencies’ attention on safety and FECA mgt.

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OWCP Interagency Meeting

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  1. OWCP Interagency Meeting Shelby Hallmark, Director Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs November 28, 2007

  2. “SHARED” Progress • FECA is like football: -- It’s a contact sport, and it’s all about teamwork. • SHARE has focused agencies’ attention on safety and FECA mgt. • OWCP continues to pursue its many initiatives to help achieve better results – Doug will focus on those later.

  3. “SHARE” IS WORKING • The President’s “Safety, Health and Return to Employment” Initiative is meeting all goals • SHARE I (2004-2006) slow to start, ended with a bang • SHARE II (extended through FY 2009): already firing on all cylinders

  4. SHARE Goals • To reduce Total Case Rates by at least 3% per year • To reduce Lost Time Case Rates by at least 3% per year • To improve the timely filing of injury and illness notices by at least 5% per year • To reduce the rates of lost production days due to injuries and illnesses by at least 1% per year

  5. Total Case Rates -- Goal #1Federal Government (less USPS)

  6. Total Case Rate -- Goal #1Major Agency—FY07 Goal vs. Actual

  7. Lost Time Case Rates -- Goal #2 Federal Government (less USPS)

  8. Lost Time Case Rate – Goal #2Major Agency—FY07 Goal vs. Actual

  9. Timeliness -- Goal #3Federal Government (less USPS)

  10. Timeliness -- Goal #3Major Agency – FY07 Goal vs. Actual

  11. Lost Production Days -- Goal #4Federal Government (less USPS)

  12. Lost Production Days -- Goal #4Major Agency – FY07 Goal vs. Actual

  13. Lost Production Days

  14. OWCP Contributions • OWCP measures its own Return to Work efforts via “QCM Lost Production Days” • Limited to cases moving into the Quality Case Management process – normally those with disability beyond COP • For FY 2007 we pushed down LPD for these serious cases to 148 days – down 25% in 10 years

  15. QCM Lost Production Days Within first year of FECA Wage-Loss compensation

  16. OWCP Contributions, cont’d • Periodic Roll Management continues to provide results: • $17 Million first year savings in FY 2007 • Over $2 billion in savings since inception in 1993 • Medical cost containment goal met again – fee schedule and bill pay edits net millions in cost avoidance

  17. Changes in FECA Medical Costs per Case v. Overall US Health Costs Trend lines: October 1997 – September 2007

  18. Long-term Disability Roll End-of-PeriodSnapshot

  19. Total FECA Benefit Costs FY 2000 - 2007 (net outlays in millions)

  20. FY 2008 and Beyond • OWCP/DFEC continue to innovate – Doug Fitzgerald will discuss • SHARE Web page update this week: • FY 2007 LPD results; • FY 2008-09 performance targets for all 4 of the goals; and • All power point presentations from this meeting • Still pursuing FECA reform legislation

  21. FECAREFORM Goals • Enhance Incentives • Address Equity Concerns • Fix Antiquated Provisions Revised package to OMB for clearance next week

  22. Reaching the goal: A safe and healthy workforce, protected by the best workers’ compensation system on Earth

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