Tonopah Test Range · Nye County · EEOICPA

Worked at the Tonopah Test Range?

The Tonopah Test Range is a covered facility. It sits in northern Nye County, well north of the Nevada Test Site, and it has its own long history of weapons and flight testing. Work there is covered work under the federal Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.

The place

Tonopah is a separate range, and it is covered in its own right.

People who worked at Tonopah often did not live there. Crews came up from Las Vegas and Pahrump, or flew in on the contractor shuttle and worked a rotation. That commute is part of why some former Tonopah workers never connected their illness to the site at all.

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.

Where
Tonopah Test Range, northern Nye County, Nevada.
Covered
Yes. The Tonopah Test Range is a covered facility under EEOICPA, separately from the Nevada Test Site.
Who is covered
Department of Energy employees and contractor and subcontractor employees, in any job.
Where Alara provides care
Southern Nevada — Clark County and Nye County communities including Pahrump. If the patient lives farther north, a case review can still tell you what the benefit covers and who can deliver it.
What it may be worth

The compensation is one thing. The medical benefit is the one that lasts.

An accepted claim can pay a lump sum and opens a medical benefit for the accepted condition, with no lifetime dollar cap. That is the benefit that pays for skilled nursing and aide care at home.

Part B
A lump sum of $150,000 and lifetime medical coverage for the accepted condition.
Part E
Compensation for whole-body impairment and for wage loss caused by the covered illness, up to a combined maximum of $250,000. Federal Department of Energy employees are not covered under Part E.
The White Card
The medical benefit that comes with an accepted claim. It pays providers directly for care tied to the accepted condition, at no cost to you.
Care at home
Skilled nursing and home health aide services when they are medically appropriate and authorized. There is no lifetime dollar cap on the medical benefit.

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.

Common questions

What people ask first.

Is the Tonopah Test Range covered under EEOICPA?

Yes. The Tonopah Test Range is a covered facility, separately from the Nevada Test Site. Department of Energy employees and contractor and subcontractor employees who worked there may qualify when a covered illness is linked to that work.

I lived in Las Vegas and commuted or flew up. Does that change anything?

No. Coverage follows the work at the covered facility, not where the worker lived.

Does Alara provide care in Tonopah itself?

Alara provides home health in Southern Nevada — Clark County and Nye County communities including Pahrump. For a patient farther north, a case review can still establish what the benefit covers before anyone talks about who delivers the care.

Start here

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.

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Or call (702) 814-9630.

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