Effective April 23, 2009, the Employee and Labor Relations Manual, 525.132, Health Benefits Refund Program, is revised as follows:
n Section 525.132c — Changes “Workers’ Compensation Information System” to “Injury Compensation Performance Analysis System.”
n Section 525.132d — Changes “injury compensation personnel” to “health and resource management personnel.”
n Section 525.132d(3) — Requires health and resource management personnel to complete PS Form 8230, Authorization for Payment, using the new General Ledger Account 51209, H.B. Premiums — Workers Comp Claimants.
n Section 525.132d(4) — Removes the requirement to file PS Form 202, Health Benefits Refund Payment Authorization, in the Official Personnel Folder.
n Section 525.132, last sentence — Changes “The Eagan Accounting Services Center (ASC)” to “Eagan Accounting Services.”
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)
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5 Employee Benefits
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520 Health Benefits Program
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525 Special Circumstances Affecting Health Insurance Coverage
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525.1 Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
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525.13 Withholding and Contribution by OWCP
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[Revise 525.132 as follows:]
525.132 Health Benefits Refund Program
The following provisions apply:
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c. Verification of Eligibility. The Injury Compensation Performance Analysis System Health Benefits Report is to be used to verify information found on PS Form 202, Health Benefits Refund Payment Authorization.
d. Refunds. After verifying an employee’s eligibility, health and resource management personnel must take the following steps to process the refund:
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(3) Complete PS Form 8230, Authorization for Payment, and submit it for payment, with the refund authorization as support, to the Scanning and Imaging Center, using General Ledger Account (GLA) 51209, H.B. Premiums — Workers Comp Claimants.
(4) File the original PS Form 202 in the employee’s injury compensation file and send one copy to the employee.
Eagan Accounting Services will forward the refund to the employee.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ELM and into the next online updates, available on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet website:
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n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
n Click Manuals.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
The ELM is also available on the Postal Service Internet:
n Go to www.usps.com.
n Click All Products & Services, then Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, and then Manuals.
— Compensation,
Human Resources, 4-23-09
