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Reporting year 2025 unemployment benefit accuracy data procedures
Summary ETA gives state unemployment agencies deadlines and checks for finalizing their 2025 Benefit Accuracy Measurement data on paid and denied claims. States were asked to compare their results with ETA's data, report discrepancies and name a contact for public questions. The attachments include sample reports, definitions and footnotes; the letter's printed expiration date has passed.
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U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 01-26
Date issued
December 2, 2025
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION Unemployment Insurance
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OUI/DPM
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
December 2, 2025
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 01-26
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 Reporting Year 2025
Procedures for the Completion of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit
Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Data
1. Purpose. To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the
completion of the 2025 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases.
2. Action Requested. The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) requests that SWA Administrators:
a. Provide copies of these guidelines to the appropriate staff.
b. Ensure that ETA Regional Office are:
1) Notified by November 24, 2025, of any issues that require the reconciliation of the
SWA’s and ETA’s BAM data; and
2) Provided the point of contact information for the SWA’s BAM published data by
January 12, 2026.
3. Summary and Background.
a. Summary – This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides guidelines
and key dates for the completion of the 2025 representative sample cases of UI payments
and denials and the publication of 2025 BAM data. ETA issues these annual guidelines
as set out in Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition (Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 1205-0245).
b. Background – The BAM program is a tool for assessing the accuracy of a sample of paid
and denied claims in three major UI programs: regular State UI, Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees, and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-
Servicemembers. SWAs select weekly random samples of paid and denied claims.
Independent state BAM investigators audit these paid and denied claims to determine
whether UI benefits were properly paid or properly denied. The data gathered through
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None June 30, 2026
the BAM program is used to assess the accuracy of UI payments and estimate the UI
Improper Payment Rate as required by Federal Law. This information is also critical in
assisting states to develop and implement plans to improve accurate administration of
state law, rules, and procedures.
Each year, ETA publishes a UIPL that provides dates for annual case completion,
verification of data contained in the national database, and an explanation of data
footnotes for the current reporting year.
4. Guidelines and Key Dates.
a. Completion of PIIA 2025 BAM Cases. The PIIA requires ETA to provide information
on improper payments in the UI program, including the improper payment estimate, in
the Department’s Annual Financial Report to OMB.1 To accomplish this mandate, ETA
establishes the PIIA reporting year for the BAM program, which includes payment
accuracy estimates for the period beginning in July and continuing through June of the
following year (BAM batch range YYYY27 through (YYYY+1)26). ETA established
standards that states complete a minimum 95 percent of sampled cases within 90 days of
the week ending date of the batch and complete 98 percent of sampled cases within 120
days of the ending date of the above annual reporting period.2 This July-to-June
reporting period provides the most recent BAM data available to meet the PIIA reporting
schedule requirements for the fiscal year.
b. Transmittal of PIIA 2025 Data.
For PIIA 2025, the reporting period is from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025 (batches
202427 through 202526). The published BAM data will be based on PIIA 2025 BAM
sampled paid and denied claims cases that the state BAM supervisor has closed and
submitted to the Department by the date of record for PIIA 2025 of COB November 21,
2025).
Changes to a SWA’s database after the date of record can result in inconsistencies with
the ETA database. A SWA must not close or reopen any PIIA 2025 BAM cases after
November 21, 2025, until the SWA has confirmed that the BAM paid claims and denied
claims data produced by its databases are accurate.
By December 1, 2025, ETA will produce and transmit to each SWA, paid and denied
claims accuracy data using the BAM Paid Claims Annual Report, Denied Claims Error
Rates Report, and Improper Denials Rates Report based on the PIIA 2025 BAM cases
that were submitted by the SWA as of COB November 21, 2025. SWAs are also
required to run their own BAM Paid Claims Annual Report, Denied Claims Error Rates
1 Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA), Pub. L. 116-117
2 Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 395, 5 th Edition, Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations
Handbook (November 2009),
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/handbooks/2009/ETHandbook_395_Ch5_acc.pdf; page VI-11
Report, and Improper Denials Rates Report software so the results can be compared with
ETA’s rates and report footnotes.
By December 12, 2025, SWAs should report any discrepancies or submit questions
concerning the BAM paid and denied claims data and footnotes to ETA. Please send
comments electronically to [email protected] with a copy to the appropriate ETA
Regional Office. Samples of these reports, report definitions, and report footnotes are
available in Attachments I and II.
ETA staff will address and reconcile issues raised by the SWAs by December 19, 2025.
5. Key Dates. The following key dates are the latest dates for completing the task or action:
6/30/2025 This date represents the end of the PIIA 2025 reporting year and is
comprised of batches 202427 through 202526. By this date, SWAs
must have selected the minimum number of valid cases to meet
annual sample allocation requirements (i.e., 360 or 480 paid claim
cases and 150 of each of the three types of denied claims)3. SWAs
must complete at least 98 percent of the valid cases sampled in PIIA
2025 by November 21, 2025.
11/21/2025 Each SWA checks its UI database to ensure: 1) the BAM supervisor
has signed off on all BAM paid and denied claims cases that
investigators have completed; and 2) reopened cases have been
updated and data errors corrected by this date. Cases closed by
supervisors after COB November 21, 2025, will not be included in
the Paid Claims Accuracy PIIA Report or the Denied Claim Accuracy
Error Rates and Improper Denials Rates Reports.
SWAs must not reopen any PIIA 2025 cases after November 21,
2025, until they review the BAM data transmitted by ETA and verify
the data against their SWA database to reconcile any differences with
ETA. For BAM paid claims data, BAM should compare the
highlighted BAM sample and dollars paid in Attachment I.
12/3/2025 SWAs submit requests for waivers of BAM Paid and Denied claims
timeliness requirements, along with supporting documentation, to the
appropriate ETA Regional Office. Generally, waivers are granted
only for catastrophic events (i.e., occurrence by natural causes that
could not have been prevented by the exercise of foresight or
caution).
Annual BAM paid claims sample sizes have been set at 360 cases in the ten smallest states and 480 in all other
states. State size is based on the average Unemployment Insurance (UI) weeks compensated during the five most
recent years.
12/3/2025 ETA transmits the PIIA 2025 BAM data to the SWAs’ BAM
supervisors.
12/12/2025 SWAs review BAM paid and denied claims accuracy data and
footnotes and report any discrepancies or submit questions about the
BAM data or footnotes electronically to [email protected] with a
copy to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
12/19/2025 ETA staff members address issues raised by the SWAs and reconcile
any differences between SWA and ETA BAM data.
1/12/2026 SWAs provide the point of contact information for the person(s)
responsible for public inquiries about BAM paid and denied claims
data. SWAs should send this information electronically to UI-
[email protected], with a copy to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
6. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
7. References.
• Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA), Pub. L. 116-117;
• 31 U.S.C. § 3515 [Financial statements of agencies];
• 20 C.F.R. Part 602, Quality Control in the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance
System;
• UIPL No. 09-13, Change 1, Integrity Performance Measure for Unemployment, issued on
January 27, 2015,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/unemployment-insurance-program-letter-no-
09-13-change-1;
• UIPL No. 16-24, Additional Planning Guidance for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025
Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Quality Service Plan (SQSP), issued on July 22,
2024, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-no-16-24;
• UIPL No. 11-24, Procedures for the Completion and Publication of Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Data for Payment Integrity
Information Act (PIIA) Reporting Year 2024, issued on May 3, 2024,
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-11-24;
• Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition, Benefit Accuracy
Measurement State Operations Handbook (November 2009),
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/handbooks/2009/ETHandbook_395_Ch5_ac
c.pdf; and
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-123, Appendix C,
Requirements for Payment Integrity Improvement (March 5, 2021).
https://fiscal.treasury.gov/files/dnp/OMB_M-15-02.pdf
8. Attachments.
• Attachment I: Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Accuracy Sample
Annual Report, Report Definitions, and Report Footnotes
• Attachment II: Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Denied Claims Accuracy Sample
Error Rates Report and Improper Denials Rates Report, Report Definitions, and Report
Footnotes
Attachment I
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Accuracy
Sample Annual Report
STATE: ZZ
Batch Range: 202427 - 202526
Total Dollars Paid in Population $221,830,728
Sample Size 383
Percentage 95% Confidence
Of Dollars Interval (+ / -)
Proper Payments 88.1% 3.5%
Overpayments 11.6% 3.5%
Total 100.0%
Underpayments 0.3% 0.2%
Percentages apply to less than a complete year of UI payments; the State did not pull a sample for
three (3) week(s).
The State completed 83.7% of the cases within 90 days.
The Quality Control (QC) program standard is 95% completed within 90 days.
15.9% of the sample cases were not completed when this report was prepared. This exceeded the QC
program requirement that no more than 2% of the cases for the year remain incomplete.
Attachment I
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Accuracy
Sample Annual Report – Supplemental Data
STATE: ZZ
Batch Range: 202427 - 202526
Responsibility for Overpayments (Percent of Dollars Overpaid)
Claimant Only 51.6
Agency Only 15.6
Claimant + Agency 10.6
Claimant + Employer 10.5
Employer Only 8.6
Claimant + Employer + Agency 2.1
Claimant + Other 1.7
Employer + Agency 1.0
Other Only 0.0
Employer + Other 0.0
Agency + Other 0.0
Claimant + Employer + Other 0.0
Claimant + Agency + Other 0.0
Employer + Agency + Other 0.0
Claimant + Employer + Agency + Other 0.0
Responsibility Not Specified 0.0
Attachment I
Cause for Overpayments (Percent of Dollars Overpaid)
Benefit Year Earnings Issues 39.1
Eligibility Issues Excluding Work Search 25.7
Separation Issues 20.5
Base Period Wage Issues 7.4
Other Issues 5.9
Work Search Issues 2.9
N
O The percentages for the responsibilities or cause do not sum to 100 percent. You should check field
T (h5) to verify that all cases have been coded correctly within your specified batch range.
E
If cause and responsibility percentages do not add up to 100 percent, states should check for cases in which the key
week amount overpaid/underpaid coded in data element h5 in the b_master table of the UI database or does not
equal the sum of dollars overpaid/underpaid coded in data element ei1 for key week actions 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15 in
the b_errisu table. The amount overpaid cannot exceed the amount paid coded in data element f13 in the b_master
table.
Attachment I
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Accuracy
Report Definitions
Total Dollars Paid in Population
Total UI benefits paid to the population of UI claimants who constitute the sampling frames for
all weeks in PIIA 2025 from which the State pulled a BAM sample, adjusted to exclude UI
payments that do not meet the definition of the BAM population (for example, supplemental
payments or payments made for Emergency Unemployment Compensation claims). These
excluded cases are coded “8” (temporary emergency) or “9” (deleted Record (e.g., TAA, DUA,
Workshare, SEA) in the program code data element (c1) in the b_master table of the UI database.
Sample Size
Total number of UI payments selected during PIIA 2025 (BAM batches 202427 through 202526)
and completed (supervisor sign-off) by COB October 28, 2025, excluding cases that do not meet
the BAM population definition. This is the number of BAM sample cases from which the
payment accuracy rates and confidence intervals are estimated.
Proper Payments
The weighted ratio estimate of total dollars properly paid to total dollars paid expressed as a
percentage.
Overpayments
The weighted ratio estimate of total dollars overpaid to total dollars paid expressed as a
percentage.
Underpayments
The weighted ratio estimate of total dollars underpaid to total dollars paid expressed as a
percentage.
Weighting Procedures
UI benefits properly paid, overpaid, and underpaid for each batch with at least two completed
paid claims cases are weighted by the batch population, adjusted to exclude cases that do not
meet the BAM definition (program code “8” or “9”). The accuracy rates are the ratios of these
weighted benefits summed for all batches. Batches with only one completed case are merged to
ensure that each batch has a minimum of two completed cases.
Attachment I
95 Percent Confidence Interval
A confidence interval, expressed as +/- x percentage points, is constructed for each of the three
estimated rates. The actual rate is expected to lie within 95 percent of the intervals constructed
from repeated samples of the same size and selected in the same manner as the BAM sample.
Attachment I
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Accuracy
Report Footnotes
Footnote 1
Claimants failing to conduct required work search were given formal warnings and no
overpayment was established. The proper payment rate would be lower and the overpayment rate
would be higher if these cases were counted as erroneous payments.
Condition: Any PIIA 2025 BAM case with key week action code ‘14’ in field ei2 of the b_errisu
table of the UI database.
Footnote 2
Percentages apply to less than a complete year of UI payments due to the State not pulling a
sample for x weeks.
Condition: There is no record in the b_comparison table of the UI database for one or more
BAM batches 202427 through 202526.
Note: If the State requested and received permission from ETA to suspend BAM sampling
temporarily due to a catastrophic event or another approved reason, the footnote will reflect that
ETA concurred with the suspension.
Footnote 3
The State selected samples that were below the minimum prescribed levels for x weeks.
Condition: State selected one or more BAM weekly samples below the minimum level
prescribed in Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook, ET Handbook No.
395, 5th Edition chapter VI, p. 11. Sampled cases that fail to meet the BAM population definition
are counted toward meeting the minimum weekly sample.
The minimum weekly and quarterly samples, based on current annual sample allocations, are:
Sample Annual Normal Minimum Normal Minimum
Allocation Weekly Weekly Quarterly Quarterly
Paid Claims 360* 7 5 90 81
Paid Claims 480 9 6 120 108
Denials 150/450** 3 2 37-38 32
* Allocation for the ten smallest states in terms of UI workload.
** 150 cases each of monetary, separation, and non-separation denials will be selected each year,
for a total of 450 Denied Claims Accuracy cases.
Attachment I
Note: If a state requested and received permission from ETA to reduce BAM sample sizes
temporarily due to workload contingencies, the footnote will reflect that ETA concurred with the
reduction.
Footnote 4
Percentages based on data collection procedures that were not completely in accordance with the
program methodology prescribed in ET Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition.
Condition: ETA staff continuously monitors state performance with respect to the BAM
administrative requirements established in ET Handbook 395, 5th Edition (for example,
minimum sample sizes, population variances, case completion percentages and timeliness, and
quality of the BAM audits). According to UIPL No. 16-24, p. 7, states must address BAM
program performance deficiencies in a Corrective Action Plan as a part of the State Quality
Service Plan.
Footnote 5
The state completed x percent of the cases within 90 days. The program standard is 95 percent
completed within 90 days.
Condition: State failed to meet case completion objectives established in ET Handbook No. 395,
5th Edition, Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook, chapter VI, p. 11. Cases
not meeting the BAM population definition are not counted in calculating state time lapse rates.
Footnote 6
X percent of the sample cases were not completed when this report was prepared. This exceeded
the program requirement that no more than two (2) percent of the cases for the year remain
incomplete.
Condition: The percentage is based on the number of BAM cases that were not completed (no
supervisor sign-off) by COB October 28, 2025, divided by the number of valid cases selected for
BAM weekly samples during PIIA 2025 (BAM batches 202427 through 202526). Cases that do
not meet the BAM population definition are not counted in calculating state case completion
rates.
Footnote 7
The annual sample for [state] is x cases below the allocated annual sample for the state. The
precision of the data might be reduced due to the failure to sample at the prescribed level.
Attachment I
Condition: The state’s annual sample selection is below its allocated annual sample. Cases that
do not meet the BAM population definition are not counted toward meeting the annual sample
allocation.
Note: If a state requested and received permission from ETA to reduce BAM sample sizes
temporarily due to workload contingencies, the footnote will reflect that ETA concurred with the
reduction.
Footnote 8
The population from which the BAM sample was selected did not include all of the UI benefits
paid. This limits the degree to which inferences about the population can be made from BAM
data.
Condition: The dollars paid in the BAM population for PIIA 2025 vary from the dollars paid
reported in the state’s ETA 5159 Claims and Payment Activities reports by more than the
statistical control limit.
Attachment II
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Denied Claims Accuracy
Sample Error Rates Report
State: ZZ
Report Date: 9/30/2025
Batch Range: 202427 ~ 202526
Denial Type Population Cases Completed*
Monetary 24,260 127
Separation 29,674 129
Nonseparation 63,255 131
Adjusted
Denial Type Total Improper Improper Overpayment Proper
Errors Denial Denial** Denial***
Monetary 12.01% 12.01% 11.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Separation 2.61% 0.76% 0.76% 0.00% 1.86%
Nonseparation 14.08% 11.06% 10.42% 0.00% 3.02%
* Excludes cases not meeting DCA definition for inclusion in population, withdrawn claims, and claims for
which monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of combined wage claim (CWC), unemployment
compensation for federal employees (UCFE), and/or unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers
(UCX) wage credits.
** Adjusted rate excludes erroneous denials that were corrected by agency or reversed on appeal prior to
DCA case completion.
*** Properly denied, but for wrong reason or section of the law.
The state completed 74.47 percent of the Monetary denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard
is 85 percent completed within 90 days.
The state completed 76.60 percent of the Separation denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard
is 85 percent completed within 90 days.
The state completed 88.65 percent of the Nonseparation denials sample cases within 90 days. The program
standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days.
- Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Monetary denials due to the state not pulling a
sample for four (4) week(s).
- Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Separation denials due to the state not pulling a
sample for four (4) week(s).
- Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Nonseparation denials due to the state not pulling a
sample for four (4) week(s).
Attachment II
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Denied Claims Accuracy
Sample Improper Denials Rates Report
State: ZZ
Report Date: 9/30/2025
Batch Range: 202427 ~ 202526
Denial Type Population Cases Completed*
Monetary 24,304 128
Separation 29,674 131
Nonseparation 63,255 132
Adjusted
Improper 95% C.I 95% C.I
Denial Type Improper
Denial (+/-) (+/-)
Denial**
Monetary 11.55% 5.95% 10.55% 5.78%
Separation 0.76% 1.48% 0.76% 1.48%
Nonseparation 11.78% 5.92% 11.14% 5.78%
* Excludes cases not meeting DCA definition for inclusion in population, withdrawn claims, and claims for
which monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of CWC, UCFE, and/or UCX wage credits.
** Adjusted rate excludes erroneous denials that were corrected by agency or reversed on appeal prior to DCA
case completion.
Note: 95% C.I. is the 95 percent confidence interval for the estimated rate. The interval is the range
between the rate minus the value in the 95% C.I. column and the rate plus the value in the 95% C.I.
column. For example, the interval for 10.0% +/- 2.5 is 7.5% to 12.5%. The true rate is expected to lie
within 95 percent of the intervals constructed from repeated samples of the same size and selected in the
same manner as the BAM DCA sample.
Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Monetary denials due to the state not pulling a
sample for four (4) week(s).
Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Separation denials due to the state not pulling a
sample for four (4) week(s).
Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Nonseparation denials due to the state not pulling
a sample for four (4) week(s).
Attachment II
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Denied Claims Accuracy
Report Definitions
Population
The number of denial determinations that constitute the sampling frames for all weeks in PIIA
2025 for which the state pulled a BAM DCA sample, adjusted to exclude agency actions that do
not meet the definition of the BAM DCA population (for example, monetary redeterminations,
nonmonetary determinations that are not reportable on the ETA 207 and 9052 reports, and
denied emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) claims). These excluded cases are coded
“8” (EUC) or “9” (all other excluded records) in the Program code data element in the
b_dca_master table of the UI database. The software also adjusts the DCA populations to
exclude two types of cases for which there is no denial issue to investigate: 1) cases in which
monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of Combined Wage Claims, Alternative Base
Period Claims, Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees, and/or Unemployment
Compensation for Ex-service members wage credits within the two-week sampling lag (Action
Code Flag “0”); and 2) claims withdrawn by the claimant (Action Code Flag “8”).
Sample Size
Total DCA cases selected during PIIA 2025 (BAM batches 202427 through 202526) and
completed (supervisor sign-off) by COB October 28, 2025, excluding cases that do not meet the
BAM DCA population definition. This is the number of BAM DCA sample cases from which
the accuracy rates are estimated.
Improper Denial Rate
The weighted proportion of denied claims for which the DCA investigation concluded that the
claimant should have been eligible for UI benefits or was underpaid UI benefits (Error Issue
Action Code = “20”, “21”, “22”, or “23”), expressed as a percentage.
Adjusted Improper Denial Rate
Improper Denial Rate excluding cases in which erroneous denials were corrected by the agency
(Prior Agency Action = “20” to “29” or eligibility was established through appeal (Results of
Appeal of Initial Determination = “1” or “3”) prior to DCA case completion.
Overpayment Rate
The weighted proportion of denied claims for which the DCA investigation concluded that the
claimant should have been ineligible for UI, or should have received a lower benefit amount, for
weeks that had been paid (Error Issue Action Code = “10”, “11”, “12”, “13”, “14”, “15”, or
“16”), expressed as a percentage.
Attachment II
Proper Denial Rate
The weighted proportion of denied claims for which the DCA investigation concluded that the
claimant was properly denied but for the wrong or different reason/section of the law (Error
Issue Action Code = “30”), expressed as a percentage.
Weighting Procedures
Accuracy rates are computed separately for each batch with at least two completed DCA cases
and weighted by the batch population, adjusted to exclude cases that do not meet the BAM DCA
definition (Program code “8” or “9”) or cases with Action Codes “0” (monetary eligibility
established upon receipt of CWC, UCFE, and/or UCX wage credits) or “8” (withdrawn claims).
The accuracy rate equals the sum of the products of the batch rates and weights. Batches with
only one completed case are merged to ensure that each batch has a minimum of two completed
cases.
95 Percent Confidence Interval
A confidence interval, expressed as +/- x percentage points, is constructed for each of the
estimated accuracy rates. The actual rate is expected to lie within 95 percent of the intervals
constructed from repeated samples of the same size and selected in the same manner as the BAM
sample.
Attachment II
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Denied Claims Accuracy
Report Footnotes
Footnote 1
Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of [sample type] denials due to the state
not pulling a sample for x weeks.
Condition: There is no record in the b_dca_comparison table of the UI database for one or more
batches specified in the batch range for sample type y, where b_dca_comparison samptype = 2
(monetary), 3 (separation), or 4 (nonseparation).
Footnote 2
Estimated rates for [sample type] denials are based on data collection procedures that were not
completely in accordance with the program methodology prescribed in ET Handbook No. 395,
5th edition.
Condition: Based on program monitoring conducted by ETA’s national and regional offices, this
footnote will be generated from a footnote look-up table for each sample type: 2 (monetary), 3
(separation), or 4 (nonseparation).
Footnote 3
The state completed x percent of the [sample type] denials sample cases within 90 days. The
program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days.
Condition: The percentage for sample type y, where b_dca_master.samptype = 2 (monetary), 3
(separation), or 4 (nonseparation), will be calculated using the same method used in the BAM
DCA Case Completion and Time Lapse report. Cases not meeting the BAM DCA population
definition (b_dca_master.program = 8 or 9) or withdrawn claims (b_dca_master.actflag = 8) are
not counted in calculating state time lapse rates.
Footnote 4
x percent of the [sample type] denials sample cases were not completed when this report was
prepared. This exceeds the program requirement that no more than two (2) percent of the cases
for the year are incomplete 120 days after the end of the PIIA reporting year.
Condition: The percentage is based on the number of BAM DCA cases that were not completed
(b_dca_master.supcomp is NULL) by COB October 28 YYYY+1, divided by the number of
valid cases selected for BAM DCA weekly samples during PIIA YYYY (BAM batches
YYYY27 through (YYYY+1)26). Cases that do not meet the BAM DCA population definition
(b_dca_master.program = 8 or 9) or withdrawn claims (b_dca_master.actflag = 8) are not
counted in calculating state case completion rates. A percentage will be calculated for each
Attachment II
sample type y, where b_dca_master.samptype = 2 (monetary), 3 (separation), or 4
(nonseparation).
This footnote will be generated only if the user specifies an annual report when the user specifies
the batch range (YYYY27 through (YYYY+1)26).
Footnote 5
The annual sample of [sample type] denials is x cases below the allocated annual sample of 150
BAM DCA cases per year. The precision of the data might be reduced due to the failure to
sample at the prescribed level.
Condition: The state’s annual sample selection is eight (8) or more cases below its allocated
annual sample of 150 cases. Cases that do not meet the BAM population definition
(b_dca_master.program = 8 or 9) are not counted toward meeting the annual sample allocation.
This footnote will be generated from a footnote look-up table for each sample type: 2
(monetary), 3 (separation), or 4 (nonseparation).
This footnote will be generated only if the user specifies an annual report when the user specifies
the batch range (YYYY27 through (YYYY+1)26).
Footnote 6
The sampling frames from which the [sample type] denials samples were selected may not
include all of the determinations that meet the definition for inclusion in the DCA population or
may include records that do not meet the DCA population definition. This limits the degree to
which inferences about the population can be made from BAM DCA data.
Condition: The size of the DCA population for PIIA 2025 varies by more than the statistical
control limit from the benchmark population. The benchmark populations are:
• Monetary: Percent of determinations denied in ETA 218 report times number of new
initial claims (intrastate and interstate liable) plus transitional claims in ETA 5159 report.
• Separation: Percent of determinations denied in ETA 207 report times number of
separations in ETA 9052 report.
• Nonseparation: Percent of determinations denied in ETA 207 report times number of
nonseparations in ETA 9052 report.
This footnote will be generated from a footnote look-up table for each sample type: 2
(monetary), 3 (separation), or 4 (nonseparation).
This footnote will be generated only if the user specifies an annual report when the user specifies
the batch range (YYYY27 through (YYYY+1)26).
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