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Benefit Accuracy Measurement paid and denied claims questions and answers
Summary ETA directed state agencies to a revised and expanded online question-and-answer series on Benefit Accuracy Measurement paid and denied claims. The series supplements ET Handbook 395 and supersedes questions in UIPL 28-02 and UIPL 45-01. The letter says its expiration is continuing, and ETA lists it Active.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 15-07
Date issued
March 29, 2007
Status
Active
ETA lists this letter Active as of 2026-10-24; its PDF says its expiration is Continuing. It rescinded UIPL 28-02 and UIPL 45-01.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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UIPL15-07_Acc.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2007/UIPL15-07_Acc.pdf)
CLASSIFICATION
UI
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
Washington, D.C. 20210
OWS/DPM
DATE
March 29, 2007
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER No.15-07
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: EMILY STOVER DeROCCO /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Questions and Answers for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit
Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Accuracy (PCA) and
Denied Claims Accuracy (DCA)
1. Purpose. To inform state workforce agencies of a revised and expanded
series of BAM PCA/DCA questions and answers available on the
Employment and Training Administration Web site, which supersedes
questions and answers previously issued in Unemployment Insurance
Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-02 (June 10, 2002) and UIPL No. 45-01 (July
27, 2001).
2. References. Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook, ET
Handbook (HB) No. 395, 4th Edition; UIPL No. 08-87, “Answers to Questions
and Comments Raised Concerning the UI/QC Program” (February 11, 1987)
and Change 1 (September 18, 1987), Change 2 (February 25, 1988), Change
3 (January 24, 1989), and Change 4 (January 18, 2001).
3. Background. The new series addresses coding issues and supplements HB
395, the principal resource for instructions concerning the operation of the
BAM program. The questions and answers are presented in the order of the
chapter citation from HB 395 and include pertinent questions and answers
previously issued in UIPLs No. 45-01 and No. 28-02.
The new question and answer series does not supersede the referenced
series of questions and answers published in UIPL No. 08-87, which remains
a useful source for guidance.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
UIPL No. 28-02 (June 10, 2002); UIPL No. 45-01 (July 27, Continuing
2001)
4. Action Required. State Administrators are requested to provide copies of this
advisory to the appropriate staff and refer staff to the BAM questions and
answers series at http://www.ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/bqc.asp.
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