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7 Jul 2013, 8:41 am
Additionally, the SSA won't trouble you with a Continuing Disability Review, which could result in the potential revocation of benefits. [read post]
5 Jul 2013, 6:23 pm
It’s only a small percentage of the estimated 2.5 million deaths reported to the SSA each year, but it shows how even death can become lost in the bureaucracy. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 3:04 pm by Rodney Mesriani
Incidentally, the SSA has already eased the requirements for updating gender designation in favor of transgender people since last month, making the recent ruling as the second big victory for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) in a row. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 1:05 pm by Jonathan
  Read more about SSA’s definition of disability here ↩ The post Obesity and SSDI appeared first on Social Security Disability Blog. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 1:05 pm by Jonathan
  Read more about SSA’s definition of disability here ↩ The post Obesity and SSDI appeared first on Social Security Disability Blog. [read post]
30 Jun 2013, 10:58 am
Effective July 1, 2013, an individual can qualify for TPD discharge if he or she is receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, and submits a Social Security Administration (SSA) notice of award for SSDI or SSI benefits stating that the individual's next scheduled disability review will be within 5 to 7 years from the date of the individual's most recent SSA disability determination. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 9:09 am by Jonathan
Critics of the current disability system point to SSA’s own statistics which show that judges currently approve slightly more than half of the claims brought before them (this is down from a 60% approval rate in 2010). [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 9:09 am by Jonathan
Critics of the current disability system point to SSA’s own statistics which show that judges currently approve slightly more than half of the claims brought before them (this is down from a 60% approval rate in 2010). [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 11:00 pm by Christina Reichert
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to create financial integrity and oversight standards for certain health insurance programs.The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) adopted recommendations on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) adjudication consistency, independent agencies’ use of cost-benefit analysis, the informal rulemaking record, and agencies’ use of science.The Monitor of the… [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 3:30 pm by Rodney Mesriani
Also, the NCTE further noted that the SSA issued guidelines for interviewing transgender people, assuring proper pronoun usage, confidentiality, respect and dignity. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 7:05 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
This policy replaces SSA's outdated and inconsistently-applied policy requiring documentation of surgery. [read post]
15 Jun 2013, 12:20 pm
Even knowing this, the SSA will not automatically grant benefits to someone diagnosed with sleep apnea. [read post]
The status of a representative's claims at the Appeals Council will be added to SSA's online Appointed Representative Services in August. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 8:13 am
At the other end of the spectrum is the SSA themselves touting their success in 2012, able to celebrate that fifteen percent of new hires were veterans with disabilities. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 6:04 am by Jon Gelman
Shortcuts at the Social Security Administration Mean Mistakes May 27, 2013 Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Social Security Administration (SSA), frustrated by the backlog of applications for Social Security disability benefits, started pressuring the 140 doctors the agency uses to help ... [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 7:39 pm
On March 22, 2013, SSA’s new policy interpretation ruling [SSR 13-2p] became effective. [read post]