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Special Processing Unit SPU Added to the Guidelines for Practice Under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Available at: http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/GUIDLINES-FOR- PRACTICE-4212016.pdf SPU ARISES FROM A


  1. Special Processing Unit – SPU Added to the Guidelines for Practice Under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Available at: http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/GUIDLINES-FOR- PRACTICE-4212016.pdf

  2. SPU ARISES FROM A NEED TO MANAGE AN INCREASING CASE LOAD 1000 945 900 800 700 677 600 500 525 400 434 413 384 300 200 100 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Approximate Number of Cases Filed

  3. CRITERIA FOR SPU INCLUSION • Table cases • Quasi-Table cases • Other cases likely to settle • Cases that must be dismissed

  4. SPU PROCESS • All new petitions reviewed by Chief Special Master • Cases meeting criteria assigned to Chief Special Master’s docket • Other cases assigned on the wheel • Staff attorney case management (now 6 staff attorneys) • Chief Special Master supervision

  5. TYPES OF CASES IN SPU 2%1% 3% 4% Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) BRACHIAL NEURITIS 27% INTUSSUSCEPTION NOT A COVERED VACCINE 63% ALL OTHER As of March 31, 2016 (% are approximate)

  6. SPU Awards by Injury Type Among cases compensated as of March 31, 2016 $1,600,000 Median $1,400,000 $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 150,000 92,521 90,000 90,556 55,718 $0 SIRVA GBS Brachial Neuritis Intussusception Other

  7. SPU OUTCOMES Among 761 total SPU cases, 299 have resolved, with 172 cases resolved in less than 240 days. As of March 31, 2016

  8. SPU OUTCOMES • Of the 299 cases resolved • 282 compensated (94%) • 17 dismissed (6%) • 13 cases transferred to another special master (less than 2% of cases assigned to SPU) As of March 31, 2016

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