Current through October 31, 2024
Section 10.825 - What are the effects of exclusion?(a) OWCP may give notice of the exclusion of a physician, hospital or provider of medical services or supplies:(1) All OWCP district offices;(2) All Federal employers;(4) The State or local authority responsible for licensing or certifying the excluded party.(b) Notwithstanding any exclusion of a physician, hospital, or provider of medical services or supplies under this subpart, OWCP shall not refuse an employee reimbursement for any otherwise reimbursable medical treatment, service or supply if: (1) Such treatment, service or supply was rendered in an emergency by an excluded physician; or(2) The employee could not reasonably have been expected to have known of such exclusion.(c) An employee who is notified that his or her attending physician has been excluded shall have a new right to select a qualified physician.