OWCP Interagency Meeting

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OWCP Interagency Meeting

• Shelby Hallmark, Director
• Office of Workers Compensation Programs
• November 28, 2007

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SHARED Progress

• FECA is like football
• -- Its a contact sport, and its 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.

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SHARE IS WORKING

• The Presidents 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

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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

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Total Case Rates -- Goal 1 Federal Government
(less USPS)
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Total Case Rate -- Goal 1Major AgencyFY07 Goal
vs. Actual
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Lost Time Case Rates -- Goal 2 Federal
Government (less USPS)
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Lost Time Case Rate Goal 2Major AgencyFY07
Goal vs. Actual
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Timeliness -- Goal 3 Federal Government (less
USPS)
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Timeliness -- Goal 3 Major Agency FY07 Goal
vs. Actual
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Lost Production Days -- Goal 4 Federal
Government (less USPS)
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Lost Production Days -- Goal 4 Major Agency
FY07 Goal vs. Actual
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Lost Production Days
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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

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QCM Lost Production Days Within first year of
FECA Wage-Loss compensation
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OWCP Contributions, contd

• 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

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Changes in FECA Medical Costs per Case v. Overall
US Health Costs Trend lines October 1997
September 2007
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Long-term Disability Roll
End-of-Period Snapshot
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Total FECA Benefit Costs FY 2000 - 2007
(net outlays in millions)
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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

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FECA REFORM Goals

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

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Reaching the goal

• A safe and healthy workforce, protected by the
  best workers compensation system on Earth