Had your free Test Site worker screening?
The screening tells you what you have. It does not tell you what it is worth. Former Department of Energy workers, including everyone who worked at the Nevada Test Site, can get a free occupational health screening. Thousands of Southern Nevadans have had one. Far fewer have taken the next step.
A federal program pays for it, and it is free to the worker.
The Worker Health Protection Program screens former Department of Energy workers for the conditions that site work is known to cause. In Southern Nevada it is run by Queens College of the City University of New York in partnership with UNLV. Screening is at no cost to the worker, workers can return for a re-screen, and those at elevated risk can be offered a low-dose CT scan for early lung cancer detection.
It is worth doing on its own terms. It is also the single most common way a former Test Site worker first learns that something is wrong.
A finding is evidence. A claim is what turns it into care.
A screening result that says your lungs are damaged is the beginning of an EEOICPA claim, not the end of a check-up. An accepted claim can pay compensation, and it opens a medical benefit for that condition — the White Card — which pays providers directly for the care it covers.
For a former Test Site worker who is starting to need help at home, that medical benefit is the part that matters. It has no lifetime dollar cap, and it covers skilled nursing and home health aide care when they are medically appropriate and authorized.
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.
Bring what the screening found.
A case review asks where you worked, roughly when, and what a doctor has said about your health since. If a screening has already found something, that is the strongest thing you can bring to it.
Which conditions the White Card covers → The full Nevada Test Site guide →
What people ask first.
Who pays for the former worker screening?
It is a federally funded program for former Department of Energy workers, and it is free to the worker. In Southern Nevada the Worker Health Protection Program is run by Queens College of the City University of New York in partnership with UNLV.
Does a screening finding mean my claim will be accepted?
No. A screening is medical evidence, not a determination. The Department of Labor decides whether an illness is covered and whether it is linked to covered work.
I was screened years ago and nothing came of it. Is it worth another look?
Often yes. Conditions progress, the program has expanded since it began, and a claim that was denied years ago can be reopened.
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.
White Card accepted conditions → Nevada Test Site White Card guide → Start a case review →