Priority focus · Federal & work injury

OWCP Doctor in Kansas City for Federal Injured Workers (DOL / FECA)

Injured on the job as a federal employee? Core Medical Center provides physician-directed evaluation, treatment and the Department of Labor documentation your OWCP claim requires, coordinated under one roof so you can focus on recovery, not paperwork.

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OWCP / DOL authorized provider

$0 out-of-pocket on accepted claims

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Same-week appointments

Bilingual staff

In short: an OWCP doctor diagnoses your federal work injury, builds a treatment plan, and writes the objective reports the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs needs to keep your FECA claim moving. We handle the medical side from the first visit through return to work, including CA-1, CA-2, CA-16, CA-17 and CA-20 documentation, at our Blue Springs and Overland Park clinics.

What the record has to show

The 3 Things OWCP Needs in Your Medical Record

A federal claim is accepted on three pieces of medical evidence: a coded diagnosis, objective findings, and a written causal-relationship opinion. Miss any one of them and the claim stalls, no matter how real the injury is.

1. A diagnosis, with its ICD code

A named, coded diagnosis for every accepted body part. "Back pain" is a symptom, not a diagnosis, and a claims examiner cannot accept a condition that is never named.

2. Objective findings

Measurable evidence that supports the diagnosis: imaging, range-of-motion and strength measurements, orthopedic and neurological testing, and documented functional limits.

3. A causal-relationship narrative

Your physician stating, in reasoned medical opinion, how your federal duties caused or aggravated the condition. This is the single piece most often missing from a denied file.

The process

Your Path Through an OWCP Claim

File Your Claim

Report the injury and file your CA-1 (traumatic injury) or CA-2 (occupational disease) with your agency. We help you understand exactly what the Department of Labor needs to accept it.
Start Authorized Care

We evaluate your injury and begin physician-directed treatment. For accepted OWCP claims, care is billed directly to the DOL, with no out-of-pocket cost to you.
Document Everything

We provide the objective findings and duty-status reports (CA-17) your claim requires, on time, so your benefits and treatment keep moving.
Recover and Return

Coordinated therapy and a documented return to duty, with case expansion, reopening, or an independent exam if your condition changes.

Why claims stall

Documentation Gaps That Delay Federal Claims

Most denials are evidence problems, not eligibility problems. These are the five gaps we see most often in files that arrive here after a denial, and every one of them is preventable by the treating clinic.

A vague or missing diagnosis

The file describes pain but never names a coded condition, so there is nothing for the Department of Labor to accept.

Subjective complaints, no objective findings

Pain scores alone do not carry a claim. Examination findings, imaging and functional measurements do.

No written causal opinion

Nothing in the record connects the condition to your federal duties in a physician’s own reasoning, so the claim reads as an injury with no established work link.

An incomplete CA-20 or CA-17

A duty-status report that contradicts the treatment notes, or an attending physician’s report with the causal section left thin, undoes the rest of the file.

Stale records and missed windows

Months pass with nothing current in the file, or a filing deadline slips. The Department of Labor publishes the current deadlines at dol.gov; we keep dated reports moving so the medical side is never the delay.

Who we serve

Federal Agencies We Serve

OWCP eligibility is determined by the Department of Labor. We provide physician-directed care for federal injured workers across agencies.

USPS & Postal Workers

Lifting, repetitive-strain and route injuries common to letter carriers and mail handlers. Dedicated postal-injury page.

TSA Officers

Screening-line, lifting and repetitive-motion injuries for transportation security personnel.

VA Employees

Clinical and facilities staff injured in the course of federal service.

Federal Law Enforcement

Duty-related musculoskeletal and post-traumatic injuries.

Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

Correctional-officer injuries from physical duties and incidents.

IRS & Federal Civilian

Office, ergonomic and other work-related injuries across federal agencies.

Claim paperwork

OWCP Claim Forms We Support

We supply the medical documentation tied to every core OWCP form. Each guide below explains the form in plain English and shows where your provider signs off.

CA-1 & CA-2

Notice of Traumatic Injury and Notice of Occupational Disease, the two forms that open a federal claim.

CA-16

Authorization for Examination and Treatment, the form that lets care start before the claim is decided.

CA-17

Duty Status Report, the work-capacity and restrictions report we complete throughout your treatment.

CA-20

Attending Physician's Report, which carries your diagnosis and the causal opinion your claim turns on.

CA-7

Claim for Compensation, the wage-loss form your medical evidence has to support.

OWCP Forms Library

Every major OWCP form explained in plain English, in one place.

Straight answers

Questions Federal Workers Ask Us First

Program rules below are the Department of Labor’s and are published at dol.gov. This is general information about how OWCP works, not legal advice. If you are still working out which system covers you, our OWCP vs state workers’ comp breakdown sets the two side by side.

What doctor do I see for workers’ comp?

For a federal injury, you choose. Under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act an injured federal employee makes the initial choice of treating physician, within the Department of Labor’s provider rules. That is different from a Missouri or Kansas state claim, where the employer or its insurer usually has more say in who treats you. What matters either way is picking a clinic that treats the injury and writes the documentation, because a claim is decided on the medical record.

What should I not say to a workers’ comp doctor?

There is no script, and the useful advice is the opposite of a script: be accurate and complete. Describe exactly how the injury happened, name every body part that hurts even if one hurts less, and do not downplay symptoms or guess at a diagnosis. Understating the first exam is what later reads as inconsistency in the file. Mention prior injuries to the same area too, because an aggravation of a pre-existing condition can still be a covered federal condition.

How long will OWCP pay?

For as long as the medical evidence supports it. The Department of Labor pays for authorized treatment while your accepted condition requires it, and wage-loss compensation while the record documents disability. DOL, not your doctor, decides how long benefits continue, and it reviews the evidence in your file periodically. Current objective findings and up-to-date duty-status reports are what keep a claim from going quiet. Rules are published at dol.gov. General information, not legal advice.

What is the compensation rate for OWCP?

FECA wage-loss compensation is paid as a percentage of your pay rate: 66 2/3 percent with no eligible dependents, and 75 percent with at least one eligible dependent, subject to the statutory limits. The Department of Labor calculates and pays it from your CA-7, and publishes the current rules at dol.gov. Our role is the medical evidence behind the claim, not the payment itself. General information, not legal advice.

What we treat