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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 DAKOTA

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 109 102*
Covered Applications Filed 90 83
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

40 37

Total Dollars

$2,144,762
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$17,000
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $2,161,762

*A total of 66 unique individual workers are represented by the 102 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 69 65
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 8 8
Non Covered Employment 5 5
Condition Not Covered 3 3
 
Covered Applications Filed 61 57
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 43 40
Denied 15 15

Total

58 55
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 40 37
(show details)      Denied 15 15
  Survivor Not Eligible 0 0
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 10 10
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 5 5
     
Total 55 52
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

37 34

Total Dollars

$1,819,762

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 40 37
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 11 11
Non Covered Employment 2 2
Survivor Not Covered *5 9 9
 
Covered Applications Filed 29 26
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 11 11
Denied 9 9

Total

20 20
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 9 9
(show details)      Denied 10 10
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 4 4
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 6 6
     

Total

19 19
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

3 3

Total Dollars

$325,000

*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 20
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 12
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 0
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 5
Total
17
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 1
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 2
Total
3

*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) 12
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  0
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 4
  Recommended Decision to Deny 8
Total 
12
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 1
  Number of cases pending payment 0
Number of cases paid 1
 
Final Decision to Deny 7
Total
8
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $150,000
  Number of Individuals Paid 1
   

 

 

 



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