What OWCP covers at home.
- Skilled nursing, physical and occupational therapy, home health aide services, and medical social work — for the accepted injury or illness.
- Also possible: durable medical equipment, home-safety modifications, and travel reimbursement tied to the accepted condition.
- Not just post-hospital: when your physician orders it and OWCP authorizes it, care is covered on an ongoing basis while medically necessary.
The three things that must line up.
- The care is for your accepted injury.
- It is ordered by your treating physician.
- It is authorized by OWCP, with documentation that meets FECA standards.
That third step is where care breaks at most agencies — documentation that does not match the accepted diagnosis, or a renewal nobody tracked. Knowing this system cold is the difference. The complete OWCP guide →
Common questions.
My claim is not accepted yet. Can care start?
Home health is authorized only after the injury is accepted — getting the claim accepted comes first (Form CA-1 for traumatic injury, CA-2 for occupational disease, filed through your employer).
Do I pay anything?
No. Authorized care for the accepted injury comes at no cost to you; OWCP pays the provider directly.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, OWCP / FECA.