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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.

CALIFORNIA

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 6,522 5,501*
Covered Applications Filed 5,086 4,349
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

1,334 1,188

Total Dollars

$128,025,611
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$4,143,510
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $132,169,121

*A total of 3,241 unique individual workers are represented by the 5,501 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 3,594 2,985
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 536 485
Non Covered Employment 227 202
Condition Not Covered 309 283
 
Covered Applications Filed 3,058 2,500
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 1,159 986
Denied 1,181 1,017

Total

2,340 2,003
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 1,082 931
(show details)      Denied 1,076 934
  Survivor Not Eligible 112 64
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 740 667
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 224 203
     
Total 2,158 1,865
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

968 828

Total Dollars

$85,435,027

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 2,928 2,516
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 900 667
Non Covered Employment 209 193
Survivor Not Covered *5 691 474
 
Covered Applications Filed 2,028 1,849
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 597 579
Denied 771 759

Total

1,368 1,338
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 544 531
(show details)      Denied 692 683
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 257 256
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 435 427
     

Total

1,236 1,214
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

366 360

Total Dollars

$42,590,584

*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 1,748
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 981
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 1
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 250
Total
1,232
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 345
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 172
Total
517

*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) 981
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  13
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 344
  Recommended Decision to Deny 624
Total 
968
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 229
  Number of cases pending payment 3
Number of cases paid 226
 
Final Decision to Deny 600
Total
829
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $33,437,500
  Number of Individuals Paid 442
   

 

 

 



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