There cannot be a good disability determination process without considering equity. It is dangerous, in some ways, to marginalize equity issues as something separate as opposed to being integral to ...

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 ...

In 2012, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provided benefits to nearly 15 million disabled adults and children through two disability programs. The majority of beneficiaries, 8.8 million, ...

Assessments of a person's ability to function at work provide important information for disability determinations, and many validated tests are available to assess work-related physical and mental ...

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 ...