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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 170,422 118,579*
Covered Applications Filed 128,352 94,601
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

45,856 33,916

Total Dollars

$4,051,416,392
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$263,923,057
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $4,315,339,448

*A total of 69,827 unique individual workers are represented by the 118,579 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 94,118 64,039
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 16,919 14,067
Non Covered Employment 5,862 4,368
Condition Not Covered 11,057 9,699
 
Covered Applications Filed 77,199 49,972
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 37,076 24,575
Denied 27,740 19,350

Total

64,816 43,925
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 35,801 23,975
(show details)      Denied 25,836 18,214
  Survivor Not Eligible 2,199 546
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 16,671 12,556
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 6,966 5,112
     
Total 61,637 42,189
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

33,466 22,110

Total Dollars

$2,708,350,619

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 76,304 54,540
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 25,151 9,911
Non Covered Employment 3,617 3,014
Survivor Not Covered *5 21,534 6,897
 
Covered Applications Filed 51,153 44,629
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 20,509 19,396
Denied 18,724 17,816

Total

39,233 37,212
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 19,362 18,491
(show details)      Denied 17,124 16,428
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 4,434 4,330
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 12,690 12,098
     

Total

36,486 34,919
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

12,390 11,806

Total Dollars

$1,343,065,773

*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 28,168
   Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 18,673
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 31
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 2,680
Total
21,384
   Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 3,663
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 3,103
Total
6,766

*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) 18,673
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL 407
   
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 7,171
  Recommended Decision to Deny 11,093
Total 18,264
DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 5,902
  Number of cases pending payment 56
Number of cases paid 5,846
 
Final Decision to Deny 10,156
Total 16,058
     
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $873,908,791
  Number of Individuals Paid 8,310
     

 

 



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