Claims for Medical Benefits Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act

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On November 24, 1993, the Department of Labor published proposed revisions to the rules establishing a fee schedule and procedures for submitting bills for reimbursement for medical procedures and services provided to injured federal employees under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) (58 FR 62063). The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) proposed to: Adopt where applicable the relative value units (RVUs) devised by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA), published most recently on December 2, 1993, 58 FR 63626; eliminate the requirement to use the Washington State conversion factors; and allow the use of Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCIs) developed by the Urban Institute for HCFA to determine geographic adjustment factors. The rules also climate the requirement for original signatures on the bills. The comment period closed January 24, 1994, and no comments were received; the rules are now published in final in the same form as they were proposed.