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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.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY - WASHINGTON

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 1,984 1,394*
Covered Applications Filed 1,754 1,295
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

450 353

Total Dollars

$47,698,739
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$1,378,437
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $49,077,176

*A total of 760 unique individual workers are represented by the 1,394 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 1,023 681
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 36 29
Non Covered Employment 5 4
Condition Not Covered 31 25
 
Covered Applications Filed 987 652
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 435 308
Denied 305 225

Total

740 533
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 393 284
(show details)      Denied 300 218
  Survivor Not Eligible 16 1
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 231 175
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 53 42
     
Total 693 502
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

318 221

Total Dollars

$32,900,000

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 961 713
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 194 70
Non Covered Employment 2 2
Survivor Not Covered *5 192 68
 
Covered Applications Filed 767 643
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 273 266
Denied 251 231

Total

524 497
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 251 247
(show details)      Denied 223 208
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 98 91
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 125 117
     

Total

474 455
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

132 132

Total Dollars

$14,798,739

*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 517
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 311
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 0
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 64
Total
375
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 83
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 59
Total
142

*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) 311
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  0
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 179
  Recommended Decision to Deny 132
Total 
311
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 139
  Number of cases pending payment 3
Number of cases paid 136
 
Final Decision to Deny 139
Total
278
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $20,375,000
  Number of Individuals Paid 198
   

 

 

 



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