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World Trade Center health program provides care for first responders and survivors of 9/11
Captain Kristi Anderson of the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) joined ARC Rochester to discuss eligibility and application criteria.
J29 Selected by GDIT to Support World Trade Center Health Program Members Nationwide through CDC Third-Party Administrator (TPA) contract
The WTC Health Program TPA contract centralizes key administrative functions to improve efficiency and the member experience. As the TPA, GDIT is responsible for managing member enrollment, managing and expanding provider networks, administering medical benefits, and processing claims.
After thousands of deaths, first responders are still navigating health effects 25 years post-9/11
It’s estimated that 400,000 people were exposed to toxic dust, smoke and debris; risk of physical injury; and physically and emotionally stressful conditions from 9/11 and the aftermath, according to the World Trade Center Health Program.
Rutgers still focusing on care for 9/11 responders, survivors 25 years later
“We are still here and would love the privilege of taking care of you,” said Dr. Iris Udasin, a Rutgers professor of environmental and occupational medicine who is medical director of New Jersey’s World Trade Center program, one of six centers of excellence providing this care.
Twenty-five years later, 9/11’s toll still grows
Retired state trooper Fred Scheidt died last year of 9/11-related causes. His widow says more needs to be done to prevent additional deaths of first responders.
Twenty-Five Years After 9/11-Lessons From the World Trade Center Health Program
This Perspective explores key developments in care delivery and clinical understanding of the population exposed to the 9/11 terrorist attacks through data from the World Trade Center Health Program.
The fight to build and protect the World Trade Center Health Program
“Fire fighters – and countless others – answered the call on 9/11 without hesitation,” General President Edward Kelly said. “Twenty-five years later, people are still getting sick because of their service. We all have a duty to make sure they get the care they need.”
25 Years After 9/11: Employer Obligations to Inform Affected Workers of Victim Compensation Funds
With the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, New York employers may want to note that state law requires practicable efforts to notify employees who worked near the World Trade Center towers during and after the attacks of their eligibility for two victim compensation funds.
How 9/11 reshaped the fire service
The collapse of the World Trade Center towers killed 343 FDNY members and a New York Fire Patrolman. It also exposed major gaps across the fire service, especially incident command, communications, health protections, and behavioral health.
Years after exposure to 9/11 ‘dust’, first responders started getting sick
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than 400,000 people in Lower Manhattan, including those who lived and worked there, were exposed to toxic material from the collapse of the twin towers.