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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.

LOUISIANA

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 396 342*
Covered Applications Filed 276 243
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

82 77

Total Dollars

$7,264,611
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$147,198
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $7,411,810

*A total of 203 unique individual workers are represented by the 342 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 215 185
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 38 34
Non Covered Employment 13 11
Condition Not Covered 25 23
 
Covered Applications Filed 177 151
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 70 65
Denied 78 64

Total

148 129
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 68 63
(show details)      Denied 76 62
  Survivor Not Eligible 15 7
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 42 39
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 19 16
     
Total 144 125
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

65 60

Total Dollars

$5,245,000

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 181 157
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 82 65
Non Covered Employment 11 11
Survivor Not Covered *5 71 54
 
Covered Applications Filed 99 92
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 29 27
Denied 46 46

Total

75 73
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 25 24
(show details)      Denied 44 44
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 14 14
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 30 30
     

Total

69 68
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

17 17

Total Dollars

$2,019,611

*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 88
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 48
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 0
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 13
Total
61
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 10
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 17
Total
27

*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) 48
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  3
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 15
  Recommended Decision to Deny 30
Total 
45
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 12
  Number of cases pending payment 0
Number of cases paid 12
 
Final Decision to Deny 26
Total
38
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $1,725,000
  Number of Individuals Paid 38
   

 

 

 



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