we give former Hanford employees the benefits they deserve.' " Workers Health contracted consultants Sanford Cohen & Associates audit that prompted Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell’s call for review of Hanford worker benefits and “Special Exposure Cohort” status. URL internet location: http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=246894&&
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REMINDER: By October 12, 2005, after nearly five years of processing, the USDOL employees have selected only 15,972 EEOICP claimants to compensate among 600,000 potential claimants — a US Department of Energy figure. It is disclosed that the USDOL, USDOE, and
USHHS dose reconstruction and site profile originators — such as NIOSH, ORAU, SC&A, SENES, ECONOMETRICA, OTHER preferred government IT market consultants — continue to claim “independent status” as they continue to function with serious “conflicts of interest.”
EXCERPTS: Cincinnati Enquirer — “. . .NIOSH representatives admit
that it's difficult to perform the dose reconstructions. But Larry Elliott, director of NIOSH's Office of Compensation, Analysis and Support, said the reconstructions are accurate. The system is set up to give the workers every benefit of the doubt, he said. "We have confidence that the dose reconstructions are accurate, to the best of our ability," Elliott said. "And I'm confident we're not seeing anyone denied that should be compensated." In some Cases, the fair shake comes by multiplication. After figuring out radiation doses from the available information, those doses are multiplied by a factor of 1.3, to account for missed doses. In addition, the system always assumes the highest possible dose for each exposure. For example, not everyone at Fernald wore film badges to register radiation doses. When dosimetry badges aren't available for a claimant, NIOSH uses badges that had the highest readings at the site, Elliott said. Not all claims are referred to NIOSH for dose reconstruction, because some are immediately bounced from the program. Thus far, 519 Fernald claims have been referred for dose reconstruction, with 313 of those being denied. . .”