Flow of Claims Through the Dose Reconstruction Process

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• Personal Author:
  Griffin JP
• Description:
  The dose reconstruction of EEOICP A claims requires the performance of more than 100 discrete process steps. These activities include the assembly of personnel monitoring data, review of site characterization data, conduct of the claimant interview, and performance of the actual reconstruction of internal and external dose. NIOSH staff health physicists processed a number of compensation claims to completion during the initial development stages of the dose reconstruction program. That effort involved an individual NIOSH health physicist performing each step required for complete dose reconstruction. While this system was invaluable for the development of dose reconstruction methodology and guidance documents, it would not provide the claims processing capacity to meet the program needs. A program objective to process more than 200 claims per week has been established to clear the existing case backlog and provide an acceptable turnaround time for newly submitted claims. The pool of available health physicists, possessing the broad expertise required for the individual approach, is inadequate to meet this program objective. Therefore, a compartmentalized system of claims processing has been established in which each task is performed sequentially by individuals possessing the skills and expertise needed for that particular function. This allows health physicists to focus on the tasks requiring their expertise while permitting others to perform those tasks that do not require that qualification. Health physicists may also be assigned tasks within their areas of specialty and for which they are most qualified. Additional objectives of the claims processing model are to enhance dose reconstruction efficiency and accuracy by providing feedback mechanisms for lessons learned, allow for immediate identification of claim status, and to both track and meet the various contractually required claims processing metrics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Decision Making Environmental Monitoring Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Health Radiation Safety Workload
• Keywords:
  Data-processing Decision-making Dose-response Exposure-assessment Health-physicists Mathematical-models Nuclear-energy Nuclear-radiation Radiation-exposure Radiation-measurement Task-performance Technical-personnel Work-capacity

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• ISSN:
  0017-9078
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  84
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032212
• Citation:
  Health Phys 2003 Jun; 84(Suppl):S211
• Contact Point Address:
  MJW Corporation Inc., 338 Harris Hill Road, Williamsville, NY 14221
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  MJW Corporation Inc., Williamsville, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Health Physics
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47996476dd24c3b432ffaa9b13cfa39d6fd679a7a259c4d53d1a60213440d4a148455594cecf7c8a7d411e8ae6811a963e89487fcd3999d0ba43dab43c01ad0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186250/cdc_186250_DS1.pdf
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