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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.

MISSISSIPPI

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 531 433*
Covered Applications Filed 349 284
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

71 64

Total Dollars

$6,202,973
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$140,626
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $6,343,598

*A total of 251 unique individual workers are represented by the 433 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 284 229
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 60 56
Non Covered Employment 27 26
Condition Not Covered 33 30
 
Covered Applications Filed 224 173
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 68 58
Denied 139 104

Total

207 162
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 62 54
(show details)      Denied 124 96
  Survivor Not Eligible 7 4
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 95 70
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 22 22
     
Total 186 150
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

55 48

Total Dollars

$4,399,583

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 247 204
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 122 93
Non Covered Employment 20 20
Survivor Not Covered *5 102 73
 
Covered Applications Filed 125 111
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 28 26
Denied 65 64

Total

93 90
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 25 24
(show details)      Denied 62 61
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 21 21
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 41 40
     

Total

87 85
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

16 16

Total Dollars

$1,803,389

*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 115
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 71
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 0
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 13
Total
84
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 8
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 23
Total
31

*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) 71
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  2
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 17
  Recommended Decision to Deny 52
Total 
69
 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 51
Total
63
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $1,800,000
  Number of Individuals Paid 38
   

 

 

 



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