Work for MSTS at the Nevada National Security Site?
Yes — MSTS work at the Nevada Test Site counts. MSTS was a Department of Energy contractor, and the Test Site is a covered facility under the federal Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. If that work made you sick, the program can pay compensation and open the White Card that covers care at home.
Mission Support and Test Services, LLC at the Nevada Test Site, 1 December 2017 to today.
MSTS has held the management and operating contract since 1 December 2017. Current and former MSTS employees work at the same covered Department of Energy facility their parents and grandparents did, and the coverage rules are the same.
Department of Energy contractor and subcontractor employees are covered the same as federal employees, and the job title does not matter. Craft and construction, security, drivers, cooks, clerks, custodians and warehouse staff worked at a covered facility exactly as the scientists did.
The money is one part. The medical benefit is the part that lasts.
An accepted claim can pay a lump sum, and it opens a medical benefit for the accepted condition that does not expire. That medical benefit is the card most families call the White Card, and it is what pays for skilled nursing and aide care at home.
The Department of Labor decides every claim. Alara assesses the patient, coordinates the physician documentation and the home-health authorization, and provides the authorized care. It does not file claims and nothing here is a determination of eligibility.
A nurse reads the work and the illness together.
A case review is a short set of questions about where the work was, what kind of work it was, roughly when, and what a doctor has said since. A nurse reads those together and tells you whether there is a claim worth opening, or whether a White Card that already exists can pay for care at home now.
If a claim was filed years ago and denied, that is worth raising. The program has expanded since, and old claims can be reopened.
The full Nevada Test Site White Card guide → Which conditions the White Card covers →
What people ask first.
Does MSTS work at the Nevada Test Site qualify for EEOICPA?
The Nevada Test Site is a covered Department of Energy facility for work from 1951 on, and Mission Support and Test Services, LLC worked there as a Department of Energy contractor from 1 December 2017 to today. Contractor and subcontractor employees are covered the same as federal employees. Whether a specific claim is accepted depends on the illness and the exposure, and the Department of Labor makes that decision.
Do I have to have been a scientist or a radiation worker?
No. The job title does not decide it. Security officers, drivers, craft and construction workers, cooks, clerks and custodians all worked at the same covered facility, and claims are accepted across all of those roles.
I still work there. Can I do anything now?
The program is about a covered illness linked to covered work, not about having left the job. It is also worth knowing for a parent or grandparent who worked at the site before you — a claim can be filed by a survivor after the worker has passed.
Does Alara file the claim?
No. Alara is a Nevada-licensed home health agency. It reviews the care side, coordinates the physician documentation and the home-health authorization, and provides the authorized care. Claims are filed with the Department of Labor, and the Las Vegas Resource Center helps with filing at no charge.
A nurse reads it, not a form.
A case review takes a few minutes and needs no records, no claim number and no appointment. Nothing here is a determination of eligibility.
Nevada Test Site White Card guide → What the White Card is → Start a case review →