The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

Americans with disabilities face unique challenges. Applying for disability benefits should not be one of them. As the Chief for Disability Adjudication for the United States Social Security ...

About 1% of all disability claims are selected for a quality assurance review, which is a procedure that the Social Security Administration initiates to ...

SUMMARY: We are announcing the extension of tests involving modifications to disability determination procedures authorized by 20 CFR 404.906 and 416.1406. These rules authorize us to test several ...

Traditionally, the Social Security Administration (SSA) followed a pretty comprehensive process to evaluate disability claims. The in-depth nature of the process is meant to provide accurate ...

The workshop’s final session was a discussion moderated by Elham Mahmoudi, planning committee member and associate professor of health economics at the University of Michigan. The final panelists were ...

The Social Security Administration is set to finalize new rules codifying the agency’s expanded use of audio and video technology to conduct disability determination hearings after the formats ...

The covid-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down, forcing us to navigate a long-lasting impact on our lives. Today, while science has made medical advances to get us through the depth of the ...

Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability ...

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The medical model of disability locates the problem of disability at the person, and it operates in the context of disease, disorders, and impairments. The social model of disability understands ...