How Ssas Disability Programs Can Be Improved

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Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book How SSA's Disability Programs Can be Improved written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of recommendations -- Making the disability determination process more consistent and equitable -- Making the application process faster, more accessible, and more understandable for individuals seeking help -- Strengthening the public's trust in the integrity of the programs -- Helping disabled individuals continue or return to work -- Providing a better understanding of the dynamics of program changes.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SSA Disability written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309103819
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving the Social Security Disability Decision Process written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security
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Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Commissioner of Social Security's Proposal to Improve the Disability Process written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780788134913
Total Pages : 94 pages
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Download or read book SSA Disability written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1985 & 1994, the number of working-age people in fed. disability programs operated by the Social Security Admin. increased 59% from 4 to 6.3 million. Less than 1/2 of 1% of beneficiaries ever leave the disability rolls by returning to work. This report identifies: key practices used in the private sector to return disabled workers to the workplace (workers' compensation programs, & employer-sponsored disability insurance plans), & examples of how Germany & Sweden implement return-to-work strategies for people with disabilities. Charts.

Author : Barbara D. Bovbjerg
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book SSA Disability written by Barbara D. Bovbjerg and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309169372
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Disability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Society Security disability program faces urgent challenges: more people receiving benefits than ever before, the prospect of even more claimants as baby boomers age, changing attitudes culminating in the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disability is now understood as a dynamic process, and Social Security must comprehend that process to plan adequately for the times ahead. The Dynamics of Disability provides expert analysis and recommendations in key areas: Understanding the current social, economic, and physical environmental factors in determining eligibility for disability benefits. Developing and implementing a monitoring system to measure and track trends in work disability. Improving the process for making decisions on disability claims. Building Social Security's capacity for conducting needed research. This book provides a wealth of detail on the workings of the Social Security disability program, recent and emerging disability trends, issues and previous experience in researching disability, and more. It will be of primary interest to federal policy makers, the Congress, and researchersâ€"and it will be useful to state disability officials, medical and rehabilitation professionals, and the disability community.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Security Administration Disability Determination and Appeals Process written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements
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Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Examining Ways the Social Security Administration Can Improve the Disability Review Process written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976366482
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Social Security Disability Programs written by Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Act requires that the Social Security Administration (SSA) find an improvement in a beneficiary's medical condition in order to remove him or her from either the Disability Insurance (DI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. GAO was asked to (1) examine the proportion of beneficiaries who have improved medically and (2) determine if factors associated with the standard pose challenges for SSA when determining whether beneficiaries continue to be eligible for benefits. To answer these questions, GAO surveyed all 55 Disability Determination Services (DDS) directors, interviewed SSA officials, and reviewed pertinent SSA data.