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EEOICP Program Statistics

Highlights

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 177,993 123,172*
Covered Applications Filed 134,118 98,570
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

51,331 37,991

Total Dollars

$4,529,953,562
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$319,208,853
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $4,849,162,415

*A total of 72,389 unique individual workers are represented by the 123,172 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 97,793 66,111
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 17,232 14,243
Non Covered Employment 6,185 4,605
Condition Not Covered 11,047 9,638
 
Covered Applications Filed 80,561 51,868
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 39,480 25,961
Denied 29,246 20,314

Total

68,726 46,275
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 38,674 25,651
(show details)      Denied 27,417 19,252
  Survivor Not Eligible 2,344 570
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 17,811 13,381
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 7,262 5,301
     

Total

66,091 44,903
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

36,566 23,960

Total Dollars

$2,957,237,079

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 80,200 57,061
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 26,643 10,359
Non Covered Employment 3,818 3,185
Survivor Not Covered *5 22,825 7,174
 
Covered Applications Filed 53,557 46,702
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 22,430 21,102
Denied 19,625 18,556

Total

42,055 39,658
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 21,581 20,462
(show details)      Denied 18,350 17,491
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 5,089 4,945
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 13,261 12,546
     

Total

39,931 37,953
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

14,765 14,031

Total Dollars

$1,572,716,483

*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 29,368
   Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 20,453
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 34
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 2,999

Total

23,486
   Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 3,322
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 2,537

Total

5,859

*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) 20,453
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL 367
   
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 7,705
  Recommended Decision to Deny 12,378

Total

20,083
DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 6,313
  Number of cases pending payment 44
Number of cases paid 6,269
 
Final Decision to Deny 11,526

Total

17,839
     
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $937,360,742
  Number of Individuals Paid 8,902
     

 

 

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