SSA and Maryland’s Disability Determination Services (DDS) communicate by mail and phone calls—they do not text or email—but the government-provided phones her patients have run out of minutes ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a major operational change that will change how disability benefit reviews are handled across the country. The agency said this is intended to speed ...

Despite an ongoing transfer of about $150 billion from Social Security’s retirement program, the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program is on course to run dry in 2028, at which point it ...