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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 11:48 |
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Last week a blog was written that discuss application requirements for SSI Disability. As you'll see by reading the SSA's online services, the process to get benefits can be long, often taking months and sometimes even years!
Wait times for disability benefits have continued to increase each year for the last few years. Without a well documented application, the chances of a person being awarded disability benefits at the application level are difficult (if you are not awarded benefits, there is an appeal process).
If you have questions about application requirements for SSI Disability, the disability lawyers are Berry & Associates can help. We want to hear about your case and we will offer a free case review to help.
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Social Security and Nationwide Health Information Network |
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Monday, 10 August 2009 12:09 |
Social Security Disability application wait times could be getting faster thanks to the NHIN technology. NHIN, or Nationwide Health Information Network allows the SSA to process requests faster. Mary Mosquera writes in govhealthit.com:
A recent report from the agency’s IG found that as of May, applicants received approval and benefits faster when their medical information was submitted through NHIN compared with all other disability cases.
SSA plans to broaden its use of NHIN and to publish a request for proposals later this month to do that. The agency expects to award its first contract in January 2010, the report said.
SSA wants to automate more of its disability processes. Each year SSA makes more than 15 million patient-authorized requests for medical information from providers who have treated them. Most of the time to decide disability claims is spent waiting for medical records. It typically takes weeks and months to gather the required information, the agency has said.
In February, SSA began requesting and receiving electronic health records from several Virginia-based hospitals associated with MedVirginia, a central Virginia health information exchange. SSA is linked to MedVirginia via the federal CONNECT gateway, a tool that enables agencies to access the NHIN.
Additional technology could present an excellent opportunity to applicants awaiting a decision from the SSA. Currently more than half of those that apply for the SSI Disability application are denied. Worse yet, this denial can come months after the disability application was submitted.
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The Social Security Disability Compassionate Allowance Fast Benefits |
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 11:22 |
For many people applying for benefits, the Social Security Disability process is a slow on. Being awarded benefits can take months, sometimes even years. If you're applying for benefits on your own you might have learned the hard way that sometimes the most obvious disability applications can be denied if the proper medical evidence is not presented.
Did you know: As of May 2009 about 7,563,000 disabled workers received an average monthly Social Security Disability benefit of $1,062.
The Compassionate Allowances Initiative for Social Security Disability
The SSA has a list of 50 conditions where disability applications are flagged to be decided within days. These conditions (list below) may qualify for a Compassionate Allowance.
Need to Apply? Click to contact a disability lawyer for a free case evaluation, or call 1-800-507-4774
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Acute Leukemia |
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Adrenal Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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Alexander Disease (ALX) - Neonatal and Infantile |
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) |
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Anaplastic Adrenal Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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Astrocytoma - Grade III and IV |
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Bladder Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable |
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Bone Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable |
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Breast Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable |
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Canavan Disease (CD) |
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Cerebro Oculo Facio Skeletal (COFS) Syndrome |
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) - Blast Phase |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - Adult |
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Ependymoblastoma (Child Brain Tumor) |
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Esophageal Cancer |
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Farber's Disease (FD) - Infantile |
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Friedreichs Ataxia (FRDA) |
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Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Picks Disease -Type A - Adult |
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Gallbladder Cancer |
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Gaucher Disease (GD) - Type 2 |
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Glioblastoma Multiforme (Brain Tumor) |
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Head and Neck Cancers - with distant metastasis or inoperable or uresectable |
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Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (INAD) |
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) |
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Kidney Cancer - inoperable or unresectable |
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Krabbe Disease (KD) - Infantile |
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Large Intestine Cancer - with distant metastasis or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (LNS) |
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Liver Cancer |
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Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) |
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Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) - Late Infantile |
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Niemann-Pick Disease (NPD) - Type A |
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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - with metastases to or beyond the hilar nodes or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency |
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) - Type II |
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Ovarian Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable |
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Pancreatic Cancer |
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Peritoneal Mesothelioma |
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Pleural Mesothelioma |
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Pompe Disease - Infantile |
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Rett (RTT) Syndrome |
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Salivary Tumors |
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Sandhoff Disease |
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Small Cell Cancer (of the Large Intestine, Ovary, Prostate, or Uterus) |
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Small Cell Lung Cancer |
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Small Intestine Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - Types 0 And 1 |
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Stomach Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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Thyroid Cancer |
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Ureter Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent |
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SSI Disability Requirements and Application |
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Friday, 07 August 2009 14:21 |
People often have alot of questions and uncertainties about the 2010 Social Security Disability application requirements often turn to the web for help with the 2010 SSI Disability application. The most important thing to remember when presenting your case is that you must provide evidence that documents your disability. Too often the most obvious claims get denied because proper medical evidence wasn't presented that documented the disability to the SSA. Below are a few links that discuss Social Security Disability conditions.
Social Security Disability Quick Links
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I was Denied SSI Disability |
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 16:31 |
Help! I was denied SSI Disability, now what?
Don't give up! Many SSI Disability applications are lost on the application level. This often occurs because the proper medical evidence that documents your claim wasn't presented. If this has happened to you, don't stop fighting! You can appeal Social Security Disability!
Click to read more about Denied Social Security Disability Benefits.
Having questions about how to win Social Security Disability? The disability lawyers of Berry & Associates can help!
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Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease and Disability |
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Monday, 20 July 2009 11:25 |
On NationalDisabilityLawyer.com we have an excellent example of a Social Security Disability case we won for a women with Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease.
How did our Disability attorneys win this case? We went with the client to court and fought for her rights for Social Security Disability in front of a judge!
At the social security disability hearing the administrative law judge focused on the impact of our client's condition on job performance. Specifically, the judge focused on evidence gathered by our office that demonstrated that our client needs to lay down about 4 hours in total in an 8-hour day. This is incompatible with full-time employment.
Read the Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease Social Security Disability case study
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Social Security Disability in the Spot Light |
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Saturday, 18 July 2009 12:14 |
As presented in the blog about the SSA retreat yesterday, it was uncovered that the Social Security Administration spent about $700,000 on a leadership retreat in Arizona, while those waiting in line to be award disability benefits got set back about 17,000 work hours due to employee abscense at this retreat.
It is understandable if this causes anger in the eyes of disability applicants, many of whom that have been patiently waiting to hear if their claim will be approved.
For those that have not applied for disability, let this be a lesson for you. The application process can be long and stressful. Too often deserving cases that appear to be obvious are not award benefits because the proper disability medical evidence was not presented. If you don't win at the application level, there is a process to appeal Social Security Disability.
Related: Learn about Documenting your Disability Claim
For more questions about Berry & Associates, the below contact information will help you find a disability lawyer.
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Long SSA Wait Times because they are Stressed? |
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Friday, 17 July 2009 16:13 |
If you're reading this and you're waiting to hear back from the SSA about a SSI disability application then you should be very angry. Recently uncovered was a meeting of SSA employees at a luxury hotel in Arizona. The cost, $700,000 and an estimate lose of about 17,000 hours not dedicated to working in the office.
Read: Social Security spends $700,000 on Phoenix conference
Several of the training programs were designed to help employees that are stressed by working at the SSA. Many SSA applicants have expressed outrage and rightfully so.
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