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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.

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Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 10,519 7,941*
Covered Applications Filed 8,963 6,968
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

2,321 1,875

Total Dollars

$226,576,872
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$8,136,673
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $234,713,545

*A total of 4,556 unique individual workers are represented by the 7,941 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 5,531 3,964
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 441 383
Non Covered Employment 123 105
Condition Not Covered 318 278
 
Covered Applications Filed 5,090 3,581
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 2,163 1,554
Denied 1,804 1,407

Total

3,967 2,961
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 1,930 1,430
(show details)      Denied 1,782 1,382
  Survivor Not Eligible 101 33
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 1,315 1,052
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 366 297
     
Total 3,712 2,812
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

1,580 1,153

Total Dollars

$147,648,723

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 4,988 3,977
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 1,115 590
Non Covered Employment 66 64
Survivor Not Covered *5 1,049 526
 
Covered Applications Filed 3,873 3,387
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 1,404 1,355
Denied 1,342 1,267

Total

2,746 2,622
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 1,290 1,254
(show details)      Denied 1,216 1,164
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 453 443
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 763 721
     

Total

2,506 2,418
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

741 722

Total Dollars

$78,928,149

*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 2,649
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 1,571
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 1
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 332
Total
1,904
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 367
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 376
Total
743

*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) 1,571
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  11
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 826
  Recommended Decision to Deny 734
Total 
1,560
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 611
  Number of cases pending payment 6
Number of cases paid 605
 
Final Decision to Deny 785
Total
1,396
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $90,314,773
  Number of Individuals Paid 959
   

 

 

 



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