Oregon workers' compensation paid indemnity data. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx. The attached pdf provides definitions of the data. Workers’ compensation indemnity benefits are cash benefits paid to injured workers. These benefits include benefits for temporary disability (time loss), permanent partial disability, permanent total disability, and death. Statute sets eligibility criteria and the rates at which insurers pay these benefits. In the case of death from work-related causes, indemnity benefits are paid to survivors. Indemnity benefits also include vocational assistance benefits paid on behalf of severely disabled workers to get them back to work. Indemnity benefits also include settlements between workers and insurers. Claim disposition agreements (CDAs) and disputed claim settlements (DCSs) are the two forms of settlements. The Workers' Benefit Fund ( WBF)provides funds for programs that assist employers and injured workers. Assessment revenues, not insurance premiums, finance these programs. Employers and workers each pay half the assessment. The two major programs are the Retroactive Program and the Re-employment Assistance Program. The Retroactive Program pays cost-of-living increases to workers or their beneficiaries based on changes in average wages. The two major benefits paid are for permanent total disability and death. Since at least 1995, the majority of PTD and death benefits have been paid from this program. The Re-employment Assistance Program provides incentives for injured workers to return to work, through the Employer-at-Injury Program (EAIP) and the Preferred Worker Program (PWP). Benefits common to both are wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. Workers who have not been released to regular work but can return to transitional jobs are eligible for the EAIP. Use of this program allows many claims to remain nondisabling even though the workers have medical restrictions. Workers who have a permanent disability and are unable to return to regular work are eligible for the PWP benefits, which may be initiated by either the worker or the employer. In addition, claim cost reimbursement is paid for preferred workers who suffer new injuries. The data in this table include estimated figures and are subject to revision. All dollars are shown in millions of dollars.
This dataset has the following 26 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | calendar_date | Calendar year | 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000 1999-01-01T00:00:00.000 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Total benefits paid | total_benefits_paid | number | The sum of the estimated indemnity and medical payments in millions of dollars, in the calendar year. | 436.24 506.29 490 430.93 584.08 view top 100 |
| Total indemnity paid | total_indemnity_paid | number | Estimated indemnity payments, in millions of dollars, paid during the calendar year. | 278.2 270.61 226.77 263.067215 246.49 view top 100 |
| Total medical paid | total_medical_paid | number | Estimated total medical payments, in millions of dollars, paid during the year. The department requires the large insurers to report medical billing data. The total estimated amounts are extrapolated from these reports. | 314.78 299.062028 318.73 347.65 241.59 view top 100 |
| Total ADC indemnity | total_adc_indemnity | number | The sum of the seven components of the indemnity payments, in millions of dollars for the calendar year. | 242.09 212.46 260.914574703702 314.6877717 241.740555 view top 100 |
| ADC Temporary disability | adc_temporary_disability | number | The estimated temporary disability payments, in millions of dollars. Temporary disability is reported at the time of claim closure, not by the date of payment. When a claim is settled with a CDA, insurers do not report the temporary disability paid prior to the settlement; these amounts are estimated. | 81.82 98.063648 95.64 92.04 117.162452 view top 100 |
| ADC PPD | adc_ppd | number | The permanent partial disability (PPD) payments, in millions of dollars, paid in the calendar year. Most PPD is paid at the time of claim closure. PPD can also be awarded or rescinded during the closure appeals process. | 59.87 46.202981 57.99 55.2 62.33 view top 100 |
| ADC Beneficiary payments | adc_beneficiary_payments | number | The sum of the PTD and death benefits, the next two columns. | 22.63 22.16 19.96 22.73 20.620525 view top 100 |
| ADC PTD | adc_ptd | number | Estimated insurer-paid permanent total disability (PTD) payments, in millions of dollars, paid during the calendar year. Not all insurers report data; the estimated amounts are extrapolated from the reported data. | 13.64 3.965715 5.89 8.95 11.45 view top 100 |
| ADC Death | adc_death | number | Estimated insurer-paid death benefit payments, in millions of dollars, paid during the calendar year. Not all insurers report data; the estimated amounts are extrapolated from the reported data. | 13.68 9 15.356818 14.66 17.403041 view top 100 |
| ADC Settlements | adc_settlements | number | The sum of the CDAs and DCSs, the next two columns. | 77.977955 77.93 48.83 100.42 83.397074 view top 100 |
| ADC CDA | adc_cda | number | The claims disposition agreements (CDA) payments, in millions of dollars, paid in the calendar year for accepted disabling claims. Workers may give up their rights to future benefits other than medical services and the Preferred Worker Program in exchange for a cash settlement. | 64.33 62.830891 62.5 60.03 58.672442 view top 100 |
| ADC DCS | adc_dcs | number | The disputed claim settlement (DCS) payments, in millions of dollars, paid in the calendar year for accepted disabling claims. Workers may give up all rights to future benefits in exchange for a cash settlement. The settlement may cover the entire claim or just certain accepted conditions. | 11.94 9.07 16.08 8.18 22.452714 view top 100 |
| ADC Vocational assistance | adc_vocational_assistance | number | Vocational assistance payments, in millions of dollars, each year. | 5.97 6.24 2.48509 6.86 3.09605 view top 100 |
| ADC Average benefits paid | adc_average_benefits_paid | number | The average indemnity payments for the accepted disabling claims resolved in the year in dollars. | 10603 13638 7472 11876 14043 view top 100 |
| Total, WBF payments | total_wbf_payments | number | The sum of the six components of the Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements, in millions of dollars for the calendar year. | 77.02 81.95 69.263816 76.87 77.21 view top 100 |
| Beneficiary payments, WBF | beneficiary_payments_wbf | number | The sum of the WBF-paid PTD and death benefits, the next two columns. | 58.44 54.97 61.35 39.726096366922 52.94 view top 100 |
| PTD, WBF | ptd_wbf | number | Estimated Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF)-paid permanent total disability (PTD) payments, in millions of dollars, paid during the calendar year. PTD benefits are paid monthly when a worker is totally and permanently disabled due to a work injury. The WBF pays cost-of-living increases to workers or their beneficiaries based on changes in average wages. | 17.7 26.28 28.3 9.83185653677493 27.61 view top 100 |
| Death, WBF | death_wbf | number | Estimated Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF)-paid death benefit payments, in millions of dollars, paid during the calendar year. Death benefits are provided to surviving family members of a worker who dies on the job or while permanently and totally disabled. The WBF pays cost-of-living increases to workers or their beneficiaries based on changes in average wages. | 29.858645 35.88 39.21 31.21 34.3 view top 100 |
| EAIP, WBF | eaip_all_claims_millions | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for EAIP costs, in millions of dollars. EAIP benefits include wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. The values are the sum of the values in the next two columns. | 18.707528 20.001725 9 20.94 19.24 view top 100 |
| EAIP ADCs, WBF | eaip_adcs_wbf | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for EAIP costs for disabling claims, in millions of dollars. EAIP benefits include wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. | 12.931342 6.28 7.91 14.674401 13.09 view top 100 |
| EAIP nondisabling claims, WBF | eaip_nondisabling_claims_wbf | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for EAIP costs for nondisabling claims, in millions of dollars. EAIP benefits include wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. | 5.93 6.41 5.372154 4.841735 6.44 view top 100 |
| PWP benefits, WBF | pwp_benefits_all_claims_millions | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for PWP contracts, in million s of dollars. Included are the wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. The values are the sum of the values in the next two columns. | 10.94 7.577658 9.32 6.68 7.52 view top 100 |
| PWP worker initiated, WBF | pwp_worker_initiated_wbf | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for the PWP worker initiated, in millions of dollars. Included are the wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. | 5.77 2.8 4.57 2.21 2.659291 view top 100 |
| PWP employer initiated, WBF | pwp_employer_initiated_wbf | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for the PWP employer initiated, in millions of dollars. Included are the wage subsidies, worksite modifications, and employment purchases. | 1.52 0.76 1.88 1.631464 1.86 view top 100 |
| PWP claim costs reimbursed, WBF | pwp_claim_costs_reimbursed_wbf | number | The Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) reimbursements for claims costs for new claims for claimants in the PWP, in millions of dollars. In most circumstances, if a worker in the PWP suffer new compensable injuries, the WBF reimburses the claims costs. | 2.34 3.01 2.28 2.18 2.325696 view top 100 |