Bill Would Mandate Employer-Directed Care for FECA

A bill in Congress would mandate that injured federal workers receive medical treatment through managed care networks. HR 9869 would also direct the Labor Department to establish treatment protocols for injured federal workers based on the best practices of the healthcare industry. The bill would direct the head of each federal agency to contract with a managed care network to treat injured workers.  Networks would be required to "make reasonable attempts to provide" the contracted services, a requirement that would include maintaining "a sufficient number of providers&q...