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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 171,485 119,232*
Covered Applications Filed 129,187 95,164
     
Total Compensation Paid

Payments

46,785 34,640

Total Dollars

$4,138,743,067
Total Medical Bills Paid

Total Dollars

$271,752,950
Total Compensation + Medical Bills Paid $4,410,496,017

*A total of 70,192 unique individual workers are represented by the 119,232 cases reported.


Part B

  CLAIMS CASES
Applications Filed 94,634 64,335
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 16,957 14,086
Non Covered Employment 5,907 4,399
Condition Not Covered 11,050 9,687
 
Covered Applications Filed 77,677 50,249
     
  Recommended Decisions*1    
Approved 37,542 24,849
Denied 27,900 19,467

Total

65,442 44,316
  Final Decisions*1    
Approved 36,404 24,342
(show details)      Denied 26,052 18,365
  Survivor Not Eligible 2,218 551
  Cancer Not Work Related *2 16,826 12,668
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 7,008 5,146
     
Total 62,456 42,707
     
  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 76,851 54,897
Non Covered Applications        (show details) 25,341 9,982
Non Covered Employment 3,642 3,033
Survivor Not Covered *5 21,699 6,949
 
Covered Applications Filed 51,510 44,915
     
  Recommended Decisions*3    
Approved 20,789 19,648
Denied 18,850 17,912

Total

39,639 37,560
  Final Decisions*3    
Approved 19,806 18,888
(show details)      Denied 17,381 16,650
  Cancer Not Work Related*4 4,550 4,440
  Medical Info Insufficient to Support Claim 12,831 12,210
     

Total

37,187 35,538
     
  Compensation Paid    

Payments

12,754 12,155

Total Dollars

$1,379,089,347

*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 28,329
   Cases Returned from NIOSH
With Dose Reconstruction  (DR) 19,002
Being Re-worked for Return to NIOSH*6 31
Withdrawn from NIOSH (no DR)*7 2,703
Total
21,736
   Cases Currently at NIOSH
Initial/Original Referral to NIOSH 3,605
Reworks or Returns to NIOSH *6 2,969
Total
6,574

*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) 19,002
 
DR Cases Pending Recommended Decision by DOL 444
   
DR cases with Recommended Decision  
  Recommended Decision to Accept 7,304
  Recommended Decision to Deny 11,252
Total 18,556
DR cases with Final Decision
  Final Decision to Accept      (show details) 5,972
  Number of cases pending payment 54
Number of cases paid 5,918
 
Final Decision to Deny 10,411
Total 16,383
     
  Compensation Paid - Total Dollars $884,891,291
  Number of Individuals Paid 8,409
     

 

 



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