Black Lung Automated Support System Files

The agency used the system to provide a means of automated payment of medical and disability benefits; to maintain a history of medical bills submitted by beneficiaries and medical service providers; to maintain a history of disability benefit payments made to benefi ciaries and medical benefit payments made to beneficiaries and medical service providers; to maintain program accounting information including information on debts owed to the United States; and to provide a means for the automatic recoupment of overpayments made to beneficiaries and medical service providers.

This series consists of files with data on black lung claimants and beneficiaries. Records document individuals filing claims for black lung benefits; claimants receiving benefits; dependents of claimants and beneficiaries; medical providers; attorneys representing claimants; coal mine operators (workers' compensation insurance carriers). Records include personal data (name, date of birth, Social Security number, claim type, miner's date of death); demographic data (state, county, city, congressional district, zip code); mine employment history; medical disability; initial determination; conference results; hearing results; medical and disability payment history; accounting information including data on debts owed to the United States; Social Security Administration black lung benefits data; state workers' compensation claim and benefits data; coal mine operator names, addresses, states of operation and histories of insurance coverage; and medical service providers names, addresses, license numbers, medical specialties, tax identifications and payment histories.