The Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall form an ad hoc planning committee to plan and host a public workshop that will facilitate a ...

The workflow for Social Security disability benefits determination has historically been a slow one, with hospitals and patients often waiting months for records to be requested, collected and ...

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 age and vocational factors come into play in determining whether or not an individual who can no longer perform their past work is able to adjust to other work. However, ability to adjust to work ...

Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the US Social Security Administration should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability ...

Frank Joyce, a registered nurse, has been appointed senior director of UMass Medical School’s Disability Evaluation Services, following a successful stint as interim senior director. In this senior ...

After a three-month delay, the Department of Labor’s new regulations governing claims procedures for disability benefits under ERISA plans will become effective on April 1, 2018. The delay was ...

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 ...