Cost analysis of the United States Marine Corps Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program.

• Main Author: Ma, William
• Other Authors: Jones, Lawrence R.
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9709

The Federal Employeesgas Compensation Act (FECA) provides workersgas compensation benefits to approximately 14,000 United States Marine Corps (USMC) civilian personnel at an annual cost of about $19M. An analysis of the USMC FECA Program was performed to discover ways to better manage and reduce these costs. This analysis identified the main cost drivers of the Marine Corps FECA Program over the past five years. Total FECA costs from 1996 through 2000 were broken down by the top five most recurring injuries; total cases and costs were traced to activities/installations and groupings of units that share similar missions to provide useful information for commanders and FECA Program Managers across the Marine Corps; and, all cases for 2000 were broken down by case age distribution. Recommendations were then provided for implementation throughout the major USMC commands to reduce FECA costs across the Marine Corps.