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31 Jul, 2008 9:54 pm
Eliminating the backlog of Social Security Disability claims is a moral imperative, according to a recent report issued by SSA Commissioner Michael J. Astrue to Social Security lawyers throughout the country. We agree! Too many disabled Americans are
suffering financially while they wait for a Social Security hearing. The Commissioner has asked disability attorneys and great organizations such as NOSSCR to ...
31 Jul, 2008 9:54 pm
Eliminating the backlog of Social Security Disability claims is a moral imperative, according to a recent report issued by SSA Commissioner Michael J. Astrue to Social Security lawyers throughout the country. We agree! Too many disabled Americans are
suffering financially while they wait for a Social Security hearing. The Commissioner has asked disability attorneys and great organizations such as NOSSCR to ...
22 Oct 9:53 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 10-22-2009
21 Sep 9:12 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 09-21-2009
22 Sep 9:45 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 09-22-2009
22 Sep 10:17 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 09-22-2009
24 Sep 8:55 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on or about 09-24-2009
15 Jul, 2008 12:59 pm
... McCarty v. Doe Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit 08a0406n.06 2008/07/07 E-Poch Properties v. TRW Automotive U.S. Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland 08a0407n.06 2008/07/07
Deborah Guthrie v. Michael Astrue Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland 08a0408n.06 2008/07/08 Totes
Isotoner Corp v. Intl Chemical Wrks Southern District of Ohio at Cincinnati 08a0409n.06 2008/07/09 USA v. Turner Southern District of Ohio at ...
30 Oct 12:59 pm
... to hire more Administrative Law Judges and disability claims staff. Last month, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue announced that for the first time in a decade, the agency ended its fiscal year with fewer pending disability hearings than in ... to 491 days in FY
2009. "Our backlog reduction plan is working, and progress is accelerating," Commissioner Astrue said. "Even in the face of a significant
increase in our workloads as a result of the worst recession since the Great Depression, we ...
2 Feb 7:54 am
... 765,000 hearing requests, the agency's commissioner said on Friday. In an interview with Government Executive, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said the tough economy has increased the disability claims caseload by about 10 percent -- or 250,000
cases -- ... to do so, nor do hospitals have the money needed upfront to convert health records to an electronic format, Astrue said. "This
reduces the cost and labor for the hospital, and it results in enormously huge savings for us in terms of ...
9 Aug 6:55 pm
... 736,000 in July. "We're going to be moving backwards this year, the question is how much," Social Security Commissioner Michael
Astrue said in an interview. "The trend line isn't good." Social Security disability benefits are available to people ... part of Social
Security, with spending on disability benefits growing at almost twice the rate of spending on retirement benefits. Astrue said he is
frustrated that some states coping with budget shortfalls have decided to furlough state employees that ...
10 Feb 7:43 am
... economic nightmare, states are resorting to budget cuts, salary and hiring freezes, and furloughs. In light of this, Michael
Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, wrote to the National Governors Association, and implored the states to ... of the
impairment(s). Fewer employees at DDS could, therefore, create bigger backlogs. Recognizing this, Commissioner Astrue wrote the following to
the governors association: "I am compelled to write to you to express my grave concern over the ...
10 Aug 12:30 pm
... speed up the disability determination process by way of electronic file transfer. Following is an excerpt from the article: Michael
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, said the agency is looking for healthcare providers, provider networks and health ... competitive
contracts, Social Security continues to be a leader in the use of health IT to improve service to the American public," Astrue said. "This
technology will greatly improve the speed and consistency of our disability decisions." If you ...
17 Oct, 2007 10:28 am
That's what Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue is calling the expected avalanche of
applications from the post-World War II generation. The "first" Baby Boomer, a retired school teacher from New Jersey, born one second after midnight on ... II generation. An estimated
10,000 people a day will become eligible for Social Security benefits over the next two decades, Commissioner Astrue said. The Social Security
trust fund, if left alone, is projected to go broke in 2041. And now it's up to the ...
24 Oct, 2008 12:40 am
I had a great time at the NOSSCR Social Security Disability law conference in Los Angeles last week. I actually had a chance to chat with Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue down at the pool. This is a very bright guy, and in my opinion he is moving the agency in the right
direction. His Deputy Commissioner Linda deSoto and Chief Administrative Law Judge Frank Cristaudo were also quite impressive. It was ...
22 Sep, 2008 3:02 pm
... This month's NOSSCR (National Association of Social Security Claimant's Representatives) newsletter contains a story about SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue's efforts to increase the productivity of the judges and to reduce backlogs. As noted before, I
applaud SSA's transition to electronic file folders and it does appear that Commissioner Astrue's efforts are beginning to pay off. I scanned
the report from the NOSSCR Forum bulletin, which you can download by clicking ...
20 Apr 5:56 am
... reimburses the states those workers' full salaries and the cost of benefits provided to them. Incredibly, Commissioner of Social Security Michael Astrue noted in an interview with The Federal Times published on April 8, 2009 ("State Furloughs Displace
SSA Employees, Slow Claims ... that they would otherwise receive to pay the DDS workers, thereby also losing the ability to tax those workers' salaries! As Commissioner Astrue puts it, "it's clearly a triumph of spin over compassion." Gabe Hermann
1 Aug 10:12 am
... than 736,000 in July. "We're going to be moving backwards this year, the question is how much," Social Security Commissioner Michael
Astrue said in an interview. "The trend line isn't good." The Social Security Administration denies nearly two-thirds of initial ... staff to
reduce the case load. The number of cases awaiting a hearing has gone down six months in a row. Astrue had predicted earlier this year that the
agency would cut the appeals backlog to normal levels by 2013 and says he remains ...
23 Oct 7:42 am
... Administration's (SSA) backlog of claims may cause hardship to many families. In 2007, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue announced the SSA's Compassionate Allowance initiative. Compassionate allowances are a way of quickly identifying diseases and other ... very severe.
These 50 conditions were selected for the initiative's rollout. This list may expand over time. Commissioner Astrue has held four Compassionate
Allowance public outreach hearings since 2007. The purpose of these hearings ...
8 May, 2007 10:26 am
... public to continue to offer the best possible support for older Americans, people with disabilities and their families in the coming decades," said Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security. "The Trustees Report is an important tool for those in the
legislative and executive branches who will have to make the very difficult decisions about how best to ensure Social Security remains viable for the long term."
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