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EEOICP Program Statistics

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This page has been refined to provide more information about cases and claims.*  We now differentiate applications as either covered or non-covered. Non-covered applications are those for which the medical condition claimed is not one of the three conditions covered by the Act (Part B); or the claimant did not establish that the employee had covered employment (Parts B and E); or a survivor did not meet relationship or dependency requirements (Part E). We also provide detail regarding the reasons for denial of covered applications.


* Claim numbers count each survivor and each employee who filed for benefits.  Case numbers count only employees (living or deceased) whose reported employment and illness are the basis for the application for benefits.

Data as of

[Compensation payment totals updated Friday.  Medical bill payment totals updated Monday.]

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 169,136 117,793*
Covered Applications Filed 127,320 93,920
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

44,827 33,123

Total Dollars

$3,956,736,513
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$256,659,581
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $4,213,396,094

*A total of 69,386 unique individual workers are represented by the 117,793 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 93,498 63,680
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 16,854 14,028
Non Covered Employment 5,790 4,319
Condition Not Covered 11,064 9,709
 
Covered Applications Filed 76,644 49,652
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 36,539 24,271
Denied 27,552 19,208

Total

64,091 43,479
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 35,170 23,583
(show details)      Denied 25,680 18,132
  Survivor Not Eligible 2,162 544
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 16,610 12,506
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 6,908 5,082
     
Total 60,850 41,715
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

32,890 21,742

Total Dollars

$2,656,686,787

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 75,638 54,113
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 24,962 9,845
Non Covered Employment 3,590 2,991
Survivor Not Covered *5 21,372 6,854
 
Covered Applications Filed 50,676 44,268
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 20,149 19,084
Denied 18,595 17,714

Total

38,744 36,798
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 18,949 18,107
(show details)      Denied 16,905 16,254
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 4,335 4,237
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 12,570 12,017
     

Total

35,854 34,361
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

11,937 11,381

Total Dollars

$1,300,049,726

*3 With regard to covered applications only
*4 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent
*5 Per EEOICPA amendments of 2004, adult children are not covered under Part E.

 


Part B - NIOSH Actions

STATUS OF NIOSH REFERRALS
 
Cases Referred to NIOSH 28,002
   Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 18,341
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 31
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 2,585
Total
20,957
   Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 3,855
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 3,174
Total
7,029

*6  Examples of re-worked case:  Case was returned to DOL by NIOSH with a dose reconstruction, but additional medical or employment evidence needs to be developed; case is then returned to NIOSH.
*7  Withdrawn case:  Case was sent to NIOSH and later withdrawn without a dose reconstruction. Reasons for withdrawal: claimant request, claimant death, insufficient employment evidence, or confirmation of coverage at a Special Exposure Cohort worksite.

 

DECISION STATUS
NIOSH DOSE RECONSTRUCTED (DR) CASES
 
Cases with Dose Reconstruction (DR) 18,341
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL 341
   
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 7,060
  Recommended Decision to Deny 10,938
Total 17,998
DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 5,842
  Number of cases pending payment 60
Number of cases paid 5,782
 
Final Decision to Deny 9,913
Total 15,755
     
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $864,453,709
  Number of Individuals Paid 8,214
     

 

 



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