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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.

PENNSYLVANIA

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 2,604 2,172*
Covered Applications Filed 1,674 1,353
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

586 467

Total Dollars

$63,323,081
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$2,380,846
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $65,703,927

*A total of 1,899 unique individual workers are represented by the 2,172 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 2,263 1,875
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 719 647
Non Covered Employment 277 245
Condition Not Covered 442 402
 
Covered Applications Filed 1,544 1,228
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 621 502
Denied 548 452

Total

1,169 954
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 623 501
(show details)      Denied 492 411
  Survivor Not Eligible 52 30
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 211 174
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 229 207
     
Total 1,115 912
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

563 444

Total Dollars

$60,736,820

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 341 297
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 211 172
Non Covered Employment 136 120
Survivor Not Covered *5 75 52
 
Covered Applications Filed 130 125
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 37 37
Denied 48 48

Total

85 85
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 34 34
(show details)      Denied 42 42
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 16 16
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 26 26
     

Total

76 76
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

23 23

Total Dollars

$2,586,261

*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 627
Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 320
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 1
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 83
Total
404
Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 193
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 30
Total
223

*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) 320
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL  2
 
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 130
  Recommended Decision to Deny 188
Total 
318
 DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 118
  Number of cases pending payment 2
Number of cases paid 116
 
Final Decision to Deny 175
Total
293
   
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $17,162,500
  Number of Individuals Paid 250
   

 

 

 



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