Social Security disability cases may be decided faster due to electronic medical records. Here is the press release: Regenstrief Institute to help improve disability determination through health information technology INDIANAPOLIS –- The Regenstrief Institute has been awarded a Recovery Act contract to help the U.S. Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers shorten and improve [...]
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Why Your Nurse Pratitioner May Make Your Social Security Disability Case Sick
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · General, Medical Impairment, Medical Treatment, Rules, SSA
More and more of my clients have seen a Nurse Practitioner for their medical care. Some like the Nurse Practitioner so much that they no longer actually see the doctor or their return appointments just keep being made with the Nurse Practitioner. The Nurse Practitioner is giving them great care, so why should they care [...]
Tags: Acceptable Medical Sources·Appointments·Burden of Proof·Card Game·Determinable Impairment·Disability·Distinction·Existence·Health Care Providers·Medical Care·Medical Evidence·Medical Impairment·Medical Treatment·Nurse Practitioner·Nurse Practitioners·sequential evaluation·Social Security·Social Security Disability·SSA·Step 2
Indianapolis Social Security Disability Cases Appeal Processing Time April 2009
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Delay, General, Hearings, Medical Treatment, SSA
The good news is that the processing time for appeals that go to hearing in Indianapolis has fallen when compared to the times from June 2008. The average processing time in Indianapolis measured from the Request for Hearing was 896 days at the end of June 2008. At the end of April 2009, the average [...]
Tags: Appeals·April·Bad News·Burden of Proof·Delay·Disability·Disability Cases·Disability Claim·Hearings·Indianapolis·Long Wait·medcial treatment·Medical Condition·Processing Time·Social Security·Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability and Third Party Verification
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Medical Impairment, Medical Treatment, Rules
You only get paid benefits if you can prove that it is your medical impairment that prevents you from working. Many times people pursuing their Social Security Disability Benefits forget that Social Security wants to verify everything from a third party that Social Security considers reliable. They do not remember that if it is not [...]
Tags: Medical·Medical Impairment·Medical Treatment·Rules·Social Security·Social Security Disability