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Ssa Disability Decision Making
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Author : E. Robertson Robert
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2004-03
Ssa Disability Decision Making written by E. Robertson Robert and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with African Americans categories.
Historically, the proportion of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability benefits claims that were approved has been lower for African-Americans than for whites. In 1992, GAO found that racial differences, largely at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level, could not be completely explained by factors related to the decisionmaking process. This report examines how race & other factors influence ALJ decisions & assesses SSA's ability to ensure the accuracy & fairness of ALJ decisions. GAO also makes recommendations for way that SSA can enhance its ALJ quality assurance reviews. Charts & tables.
Improving The Social Security Disability Decision Process
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2007-05-14
Improving The Social Security Disability Decision Process written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-14 with Social Science categories.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to disabled persons of less than full retirement age and to their dependents. SSA also provides Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to disabled persons who are under age 65. For both programs, disability is defined as a "medically determinable physical or mental impairment" that prevents an individual from engaging in any substantial gainful activity and is expected to last at least 12 months or result in death. Assuming that an applicant meets the nonmedical requirements for eligibility (e.g., quarters of covered employment for SSDI; income and asset limits for SSI), the file is sent to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) agency operated by the state in which he or she lives for a determination of medical eligibility. SSA reimburses the states for the full costs of the DDSs. The DDSs apply a sequential decision process specified by SSA to make an initial decision whether a claim should be allowed or denied. If the claim is denied, the decision can be appealed through several levels of administrative and judicial review. On average, the DDSs allow 37 percent of the claims they adjudicate through the five-step process. A third of those denied decide to appeal, and three-quarters of the appeals result in allowances. Nearly 30 percent of the allowances made each year are made during the appeals process after an initial denial. In 2003, the Commissioner of Social Security announced her intent to develop a "new approach" to disability determination. In late 2004, SSA asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help in two areas related to its initiatives to improve the disability decision process: 1) Improvements in the criteria for determining the severity of impairments, and 2) Improvements in the use of medical expertise in the disability decision process. This interim report provides preliminary recommendations addressing the three tasks that relate to medical expertise issues, with a special focus on the appropriate qualifications of medical and psychological experts involved in disability decision making. After further information gathering and analyses of the effectiveness of the disability decision process in identifying those who qualify for benefits and those who do not, the committee may refine its recommendations concerning medical and psychological expertise in the final report. The final report will address a number of issues with potential implications for the qualifications of the medical experts involved in the disability decision process.
The Social Security Administration S Disability Decision Process
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1998-06-27
The Social Security Administration S Disability Decision Process written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-27 with Medical categories.
Improving The Social Security Disability Decision Process
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2005-12-21
Improving The Social Security Disability Decision Process written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-21 with Social Science categories.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Improving the Disability Decision Process has been working since it first met in January 2005 to develop recommendations to the Social Security Administration (SSA) on how to improve the medical aspects of its disability determination process. By law, Social Security can only pay benefits to those unable to engage in substantial gainful activity because of a "medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months (emphasis added)." Medical and psychological expertise is critical both in developing the criteria for measuring the severity and functional impact of an impairment or impairments on an applicant's ability to work and in applying the criteria to individual cases where the medical evidence does not clearly meet the criteria in the eyes of a nonmedical disability examiner.
Social Security Disability
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Author : Cynthia A. Bascetta
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1998-12
Social Security Disability written by Cynthia A. Bascetta and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Each year, about 2.5 million people apply to the Social Security Admin. (SSA) for disability benefits. Disability determination services, which are state agencies that conduct disability determinations on behalf of SSA, award benefits to about 35 out of every 100 of these applicants. This report evaluates the SSA's decision-making process for disability determinations & assesses its efforts to improve the process. Reports on factors that contribute to differences between disability determination services & administrative law judges decisions & the SSA's actions to make decisions in initial & appealed cases more consistent. Tables.
Ssa Disability Decision Making
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Author : United States Government Accountability Office
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-10-21
Ssa Disability Decision Making written by United States Government Accountability Office and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-21 with categories.
SSA Disability Decision Making: Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Accuracy and Fairness of Decisions at the Hearing Level
Social Security Disability
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Social Security Disability written by United States. General Accounting Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Disability evaluation categories.
Ssa Disability Decision Making
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Ssa Disability Decision Making written by United States. General Accounting Office and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with African Americans categories.
Disability Decision Making
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Disability Decision Making written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Disability evaluation categories.
Ssa Disability Decision Making
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Author : United States Government Accountability Office
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-05
Ssa Disability Decision Making written by United States Government Accountability Office and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-05 with categories.
SSA Disability Decision-Making: Additional Measures Would Enhance Agency's Ability to Determine Whether Racial Bias Exists