The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced upcoming changes to one of the ways they decide if someone gets or can keep their disability benefits. The reason? To improve accountability ...

The SSA announced a significant operational change this week that will reshape how disability benefit eligibility is reviewed across the United States. The agency confirmed that medical Continuing ...

The Social Security Administration announced it will centralize medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) to improve service and reduce massive backlogs.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...