Cost Analysis of the United States Marine Corps Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) Program

Abstract

The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) provides workers' compensation benefits to approximately 14,000 United States Marine Corps (USMC) civilian personnel at an annual cost of about $19M. An analysis of the USMC FECA Program was performed to discover ways to better manage and reduce these costs, This analysis identified the main cost drivers of the Marine Corps FECA Program over the past five years. Total FECA costs from 1996 through 2000 were broken down by the top five most recurring injuries; total cases and costs were traced to activities/installations and groupings of units that share similar missions to provide useful information for commanders and FECA Program Managers across the Marine Corps; and, all cases for 2000 were broken down by case age distribution. Recommendations were then provided for implementation throughout the major USMC commands to reduce FECA costs across the Marine Corps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA401456

Entities

People

  • William Ma

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Distribution
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Cost Analysis
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Injury Prevention
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Rehabilitation
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • Wounds And Injuries

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