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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.

Data as of

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

Combined Part B and E Summary
CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 171,310 119,125*
Covered Applications Filed 129,047 95,072
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

46,786 34,641

Total Dollars

$4,138,873,067
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$271,752,950
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $4,410,626,017

*A total of 70,135 unique individual workers are represented by the 119,125 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 94,549 64,287
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 16,947 14,081
Non Covered Employment 5,897 4,392
Condition Not Covered 11,050 9,689
 
Covered Applications Filed 77,602 50,206
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 37,483 24,811
Denied 27,870 19,442

Total

65,353 44,253
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 36,312 24,284
(show details)      Denied 26,027 18,343
  Survivor Not Eligible 2,215 550
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 16,817 12,656
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 6,995 5,137
     
Total 62,339 42,627
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments  

34,031 22,485

Total Dollars

$2,759,653,720

*1 With regard to covered applications only

*2 Probability of Causation is less than 50 percent

 


Part E

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 76,761 54,838
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 25,316 9,972
Non Covered Employment 3,631 3,027
Survivor Not Covered *5 21,685 6,945
 
Covered Applications Filed 51,445 44,866
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 20,744 19,614
Denied 18,817 17,886

Total

39,561 37,500
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 19,739 18,828
(show details)      Denied 17,340 16,618
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 4,527 4,418
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 12,813 12,200
     

Total

37,079 35,446
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

12,755 12,156

Total Dollars

$1,379,219,347

*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 28,305
   Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 18,957
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 30
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 2,688
Total
21,675
   Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 3,618
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 2,993
Total
6,611

*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) 18,957
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL 430
   
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 7,293
  Recommended Decision to Deny 11,232
Total 18,525
DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 5,962
  Number of cases pending payment 46
Number of cases paid 5,916
 
Final Decision to Deny 10,378
Total 16,340
     
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $884,591,291
  Number of Individuals Paid 8,407
     

 

 



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