Workers' compensation beneficiary payments by insurers and the Workers' Benefit Fund
data.oregon.gov | Last Updated 25 Oct 2018Workers’ 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 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 5 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | calendar_date | Calendar year | 1995-01-01T00:00:00 1996-01-01T00:00:00 1997-01-01T00:00:00 1998-01-01T00:00:00 1999-01-01T00:00:00 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 13.12 12.61 11.97 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. | 9.00 9.61 10.33 10.85 11.10 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. | 29.39 28.30 28.19 27.99 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. | 31.96 32.95 34.72 35.88 36.79 view top 100 |