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(3) A specific service which the claimant has received, or expects to receive, on a fairly
regular and recurring basis for 60 days or more, and for which the OWCP has paid. In this
instance, the OWCP has de facto authorized the service and led the claimant to expect that
payment for it will continue. (If any doubt exists about whether these conditions apply, the
CE should prepare a pre-termination notice.)
For example, a claimant who receives psychotherapy twice a week for three months, and is
expected to receive it once a week for the next two months, is clearly receiving the service
on a regular and recurring basis. If the OWCP proposes to disallow any further
psychotherapy at the OWCP's expense after the second month, pre-termination notice must
be given.
(4) All medical treatment. Such terminations are usually associated with disallowances
of all compensation payments because the claimant is no longer disabled, or the disability is
no longer related to the work injury. (However, a claimant who has not received treatment
for a long period of time should file a claim for recurrence. See FECA PM 2-1500.) The CE
should include specific reference to medical benefits in preparing the pre-termination notice.
c. Notice Not Required to Terminate/Reduce Compensation. Pre-termination notice is not
needed to end daily roll payments if such payments have continued less than a year, or before
terminating or reducing benefits when:
(1) The claimant dies.
(2) The claimant returns to work.
(3) The claimant is convicted of defrauding the FECA program.
(4) The claimant forfeits compensation by failing to report earnings.
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