Jou v. Office of Workers' Compensation Program

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant Emerson M.F. Jou, M.D. is a treating physician who provided medical services to federal employees under the federal workers compensation program. See 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101 et seq. Jou submit*256ted reimbursement claims to the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (“OWCP”), which paid some of the claims and denied others in full or in part. Jou brought suit to recover $40,468.21 in unpaid medical fees. He also sought a declaratory judgment that the OWCP’s claim procedures violated his right to procedural due process under the Fifth Amendment.

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