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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.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 8,690 7,067*
Covered Applications Filed 7,088 6,010
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

1,660 1,488

Total Dollars

$186,124,535
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$9,017,266
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $195,141,801

*A total of 3,873 unique individual workers are represented by the 7,067 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 4,220 3,351
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 604 532
Non Covered Employment 50 47
Condition Not Covered 554 485
 
Covered Applications Filed 3,616 2,819
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 1,120 942
Denied 1,964 1,608

Total

3,084 2,550
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 1,087 919
(show details)      Denied 1,842 1,523
  Survivor Not Eligible 86 27
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 1,373 1,188
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 383 308
     
Total 2,929 2,442
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

1,032 876

Total Dollars

$119,151,607

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 4,470 3,716
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 998 525
Non Covered Employment 43 42
Survivor Not Covered *5 955 483
 
Covered Applications Filed 3,472 3,191
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 1,056 1,013
Denied 1,769 1,735

Total

2,825 2,748
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 1,012 977
(show details)      Denied 1,640 1,618
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 419 413
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 1,221 1,205
     

Total

2,652 2,595
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

628 612

Total Dollars

$66,972,928

*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 2,264
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 1,707
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 2
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 43
Total
1,752
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 156
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 355
Total
511

*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) 1,707
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  24
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 744
  Recommended Decision to Deny 939
Total 
1,683
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 699
  Number of cases pending payment 4
Number of cases paid 695
 
Final Decision to Deny 830
Total
1,529
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $104,052,500
  Number of Individuals Paid 943
   

 

 

 



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