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Progress on Monetary Award Claims

The quarterly Status Reports we file with the Court summarize the implementation
of our duties. Here are some highlights on Monetary Award claims based on our

latest Status Report:
Audit Activity
1 Less than 1% of claims were in our review 4 95% of claims eligible for Monetary Awards
process after an initial Claim Package had been paid.
submission or a response to a notice iven the interest in compensating Settlement Class Members with Qualifying Diagnoses and
requesting additional information and/or 5 We concluded Audit investigations of 997 Gthe corresponding interest in ensuring the integrity of the Settlement Agreement, we and the
documents. Settlement Class Members by denying a Special Masters are charged with auditing claims. This work is carefully undertaken and reported.
claim through Audit, by making no adverse
2 38% of claims received a Notice of finding and removing a claim from Audit, Rows 11-17 in Section 8 of the Summary Report on the Settlement Website show claims in Audit.
Monetary Award. or because the Settlement Class Member See the Guide to Summary Report for more on what each Section 8 status means.
withdrew his or her claim during our Audit.
3 98% of claims eligible for Monetary Awards As of October 26, 2020:
had been funded by the NFL Parties.
As a reminder, it is very important to give full and
We push hard each day on claims to move them through the process quickly and correctly. claims have been denied after Audit
372 truthful information to the doctors evaluating
(Row 17).
your clients and to the Claims Administrator

Status Report Program Statistics 27 claims are currently in Audit, and we about their functional abilities, including driving,
are actively reviewing them (Row 11). working, and participation in various events and
As reported in Claims Administrator Status Report No. 10 hobbies, to avoid delays in processing claims. If
(as of 9/14/20): claims are on hold in Audit because one of your client’s claims is selected for audit,
a healthcare provider, lawyer, or
• 198,969 Documents (20,955 gigabytes of registration and cooperate fully with the Claims Administrator
claims data) stored on Settlement Class Members. 0 Settlement Class Member has not to answer questions and provide information,
yet provided information necessary
• 38,079 Notices issued of various kinds (Registration, claims, for the investigation (Row 12). to assure that we can resolve the questions
appeals, Audit, etc.) to 20,982 different persons since 3/23/17. quickly and efficiently.

• Over 100 different types of Notices and Forms developed for claims under review by the Special
use in the Program . 0 Masters after an Adverse Audit

Report (Row 16).

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