{"id":692,"date":"2010-01-17T11:19:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=692"},"modified":"2010-01-17T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T16:28:38","slug":"oig-uspis-launch-workers%e2%80%99-comp-fraud-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2010\/01\/17\/oig-uspis-launch-workers%e2%80%99-comp-fraud-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"OIG and USPIS LAUNCH WORKERS COMP FRAUD INITIATIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TO PROTECT PROGRAM INTEGRITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

OIG, USPIS LAUNCH WORKERS\u2019 COMP FRAUD INITIATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have launched a joint year-long initiative to combat workers\u2019 compensation fraud.<\/p>\n

This effort, building on last year\u2019s prevention and awareness campaign launched by the OIG (see original article below), will commit increased investigative resources to identify fraudulent claimants.<\/p>\n

Workers\u2019 compensation benefits help employees who suffer on-the-job injuries, and a crucial element of that program is to make sure they are extended only to employees with legitimate injury claims. A number of employees each year submit fraudulent claims or extend their absences by falsely reporting they are unable to return to work.<\/p>\n

According to Inspector General David Williams and Chief Postal Inspector William Gilligan, this initiative is an opportunity for the OIG and the Inspection Service to collaborate and focus on protecting the integrity and financial health of the Postal Service.<\/p>\n

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE<\/p>\n

CHEATERS BEWARE
\nOIG KICKS OFF WORKERS\u2019 COMP FRAUD CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using a three-pronged outreach effort, the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) is launching a crime prevention and awareness campaign targeting workers\u2019 compensation fraud.<\/p>\n

Last year, OIG investigations of workers\u2019 comp scammers saved the Postal Service about $200 million in long-term workers\u2019 comp costs.<\/p>\n

The message of this campaign is clear \u2014 it\u2019s illegal to fake an injury and collect benefits, or work while on workers\u2019 comp without reporting the income. Violators can end up in jail, lose their benefits and may be required to pay back the money they received.<\/p>\n

The campaign features a worker bragging about how he makes a \u201ccouple of extra bucks\u201d while on workers\u2019 comp, but is \u201ctoo hurt\u201d to work his postal job. To combat such abuse, the OIG campaign will include a paycheck stuffer with employees\u2019 Sept. 18 pay stubs. A companion poster for workroom floor bulletin boards will follow. The campaign also includes a screensaver available today on all ACE computers.<\/p>\n

If you know someone who is defrauding the Postal Service, contact the OIG at 1-888-USPS-OIG or at www.uspsoig.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TO PROTECT PROGRAM INTEGRITY OIG, USPIS LAUNCH WORKERS\u2019 COMP FRAUD INITIATIVE The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have launched a joint year-long initiative to combat workers\u2019 compensation fraud. This effort, building on last year\u2019s prevention and awareness campaign launched by the OIG (see original article below), will commit increased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}