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| TOPICS - "C" | Mo. | Pg. | Year | |
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CANCER | ||||
| Janezich v. Barnhart, 445 F.Supp.2d 1021 (N.D.Ill. 2006) | FEB | 23 | 2007 | |
| Expect More Changes to the Listings - proposed Malignant Neoplastic Diseases | APR | 3 | 2008 | |
| Compassionate Allowance Outreach Hearing Focuses on Cancer Cases | APR | 5 | 2008 | |
| Federal Register Update: Cancer Listings- Final Rule | OCT | 12 | 2009 | |
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CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS | ||||
| Expect More Changes to the Listings - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking April 16, 2008 | APR | 3 | 2008 | |
| Experts Discuss Cardiovascular Disease and SSA Listings | SEP | 5 | 2008 | |
| SSA Seeks Outside Expertise for HIV and Cardiovascular Listings | JUN | 3 | 2009 | |
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CLASS ACTIONS | ||||
| Lawsuit Challenges Suspension for Alleged Probation or Parole Violators (Clark v. Barnhart, No. 06-Civ-15521 (SDNY, Dec. 28, 2006)) | JAN | 14 | 2007 | |
| Association of ALJs Challenges Bar Status Requirement and New Hiring Procedure (AALJ et al. v. US OPM) | JUN | 3 | 2007 | |
| Class Action Challenges Access to SSA Services (American Council of the Blind et al. v. Astrue) | MAY-JUN | 17 | 2008 | |
| Refugees' SSI Termination Class Action Settlement (Kaplan v. Chertoff) | MAY-JUN | 23 | 2008 | |
| Query from People With Disabilities Foundation, Re: Davis v. Astrue | MAY-JUN | 23 | 2008 | |
| Possible Litigation: Denial or Suspension of Benefits Under the Social Security "Fugitive Felon" Policy | JUL | 18 | 2008 | |
| National Class Action Challenges SSA Policy on "Fleeing Felon" Penalty (Martinez v. Astrue) | OCT | 9 | 2008 | |
| Visual Impairments (American Council of the Blind et al. v. Astrue) | NOV | 5 | 2008 | |
| SSA Changes "Fleeing Felon" definition: Settlement Reached in Nationwide Litigation (Martinez v. Astrue) | APR | 1 | 2009 | |
| Settlement in "Fleeing Felon" Class Action Preliminarily Approved (Martinez v. Astrue) | AUG | 1 | 2009 | |
| Court Approves Settlement In "Fleeing Felon" Class Action (Martinez v. Astrue) | SEP | 9 | 2009 | |
| Fleeing Felon Update: Sign up for Martinez Settlement Listserv; SSA Inspector General Assesses Impact of Martinez | OCT | 4 | 2009 | |
| Court Finds SSA Notices and Communications Discriminate Against Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals (American Council of the Blind et al. v. Astrue) | OCT | 11 | 2009 | |
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COBRA COVERAGE | ||||
| Premium Assistance for COBRA Beneficairies | FEB | 6 | 2009 | |
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COMBINATION OF IMPAIRMENTS | ||||
| Practice Tip: Documenting Symptoms of Hypertension | NOV | 6 | 2007 | |
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COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES | ||||
| Comments Requested on "Compassionate Allowances" | JUL | 3 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Comments on Compassionate Allowances | SEP | 14 | 2007 | |
| Compassionate Allowances Outreach Hearing: Obtaining Evidence of Rare Diseases Can Be Difficult | DEC | 3 | 2008 | |
| Compassionate Allowance Outreach Hearing Focuses on Cancer Cases | APR | 5 | 2008 | |
| SSA Launches Compassionate Allowances Initiative | OCT | 5 | 2008 | |
| Compassionate Allowances Update | NOV | 5 | 2008 | |
| Compassionate Allowances: List of Conditions | NOV | 10 | 2008 | |
| SSA Expands Fast-Track Disability Processes | JAN | 13 | 2009 | |
| "Critical Case" HALLEX Revised | FEB | 9 | 2009 | |
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COMPUTER | ||||
| Federal Register Update: Use of video hearings for overpayment waiver personal conferences | MAR | 7 | 2007 | |
| Late Breaking News! FIT Is Now Available Online! | MAR | 20 | 2007 | |
| FIT memorandum from Chief ALJ Cristaudo to Regional Chief ALJs (3/30/07) | JUN | 11 | 2007 | |
| Survey on Recent ODAR and SSA Initiatives | NOV | 1 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Survey: Current ODAR and SSA Practice Issues | NOV | 4 | 2007 | |
| Final Rule on Overpayment Waiver Personal Conferences | JAN | 5 | 2008 | |
| New FIT Proposed Decision Templates on SSA Website | MAY-JUN | 5 | 2008 | |
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CONGRESS | ||||
| Final 110th Congressional Committee Assignments | JAN | 3 | 2007 | |
| House Holds Hearing on Disability Backlogs: Will More Funding Help? | FEB | 1 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Testimony on Disability Backlogs, Hearing Feb. 14, 2007 | FEB | 12 | 2007 | |
| House Hearing on ALJ Hiring | APR | 1 | 2007 | |
| House Holds Hearing on SSI Terminations for Refugees | APR | 9 | 2007 | |
| xenate Hearing addresses SSA Backlog: Will Increased Funding Help? | MAY | 1 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee Hearing - May 23, 2007 | MAY | 20 | 2007 | |
| SSA Budget Update | JUN | 1 | 2007 | |
| Bill Extends SSI for Refugees | JUN | 9 | 2007 | |
| Congress Is Busy With SSA Hearings | JUN | 13 | 2007 | |
| SSA Budget Update: Backlogs Reaches All-Time High | JUL | 1 | 2007 | |
| House Passes SSI Extension for Refugees | JUL | 6 | 2007 | |
| Senate Holds Hearing on Seizure of Bank Accounts | SEP | 17 | 2007 | |
| GAO Report: Social Security Reform: Issues for Disability and Dependent Benefits, GAO-08-26 (Oct. 2007) | NOV | 7 | 2007 | |
| Backlog and Proposed Appeals Changes Questioned at House Hearing | JAN | 6 | 2008 | |
| SSA's Proposed Budget for 2009: Will the Backlog Crisis and Staffing Problems Improve? | FEB | 1 | 2008 | |
| Montana: Two Degrees of Separation (or Less) Connects You to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee | APR | 1 | 2008 | |
| Backlog is Again the Focus of a Congressional Hearing | APR | 1 | 2008 | |
| NOSSCR News - Thank you for hardship information | APR | 2 | 2008 | |
| Senate Holds Hearing on SSA Service Delivery | MAY-JUN | 3 | 2008 | |
| NOSSCR Alert on EAJA Payee Bill | MAY-JUN | 18 | 2008 | |
| House Hearing Considers Mandatory Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) | MAY-JUN | 30 | 2008 | |
| Update on SSA's Budget: Are Improvements on the Line? | JUL | 1 | 2008 | |
| Congress Looks at Protecting Beneficiaries from Harmful Practices by Financial Institutions and Predatory Lenders | JUL | 14 | 2008 | |
| New House Bill Sets Time Limits at Hearing Level (HR 6485) | JUL | 16 | 2008 | |
| Senate Joins House In Passing Bill That Extends SSI Eligibility for Refugees | AUG | 7 | 2008 | |
| House Passes Bill Extending E-Verify Pilot | AUG | 12 | 2008 | |
| SSA Budget Situation Looks Bleak | SEP | 1 | 2008 | |
| House Hearing Addresses Hearing Office Productivity Issues | SEP | 3 | 2008 | |
| Bill Introduced to Increase Fee Cap (HR 7285) | DEC | 1 | 2008 | |
| The Disability Backlog: Economic Stimulus Package May Help | JAN | 3 | 2009 | |
| 111th Congress: Committees with Jurisdiction over Social Security and SSI Issues | JAN | 6 | 2009 | |
| SSA and Beneficiaries Benefit from Stimulus Bill | FEB | 1 | 2009 | |
| Bill Introduced to Increase Fee Cap (HR 1093) | FEB | 1 | 2009 | |
| Good News for SSA Budget! | FEB | 2 | 2009 | |
| The Disability Backlog: Congress Expresses Frustration | MAR | 1 | 2009 | |
| Update: $250 One Time Stimulus Payment | MAR | 1 | 2009 | |
| Bill Introduced to End Medicare Waiting Period | MAR | 2 | 2009 | |
| EAJA Payee Bill Reintroduced (HR 1735) | APR | 1 | 2009 | |
| Bill Introduced to Increase Fee Cap (HR 1093) | MAY | 1 | 2009 | |
| 2008 House Ways and Means "Green Book" Available | OCT | 3 | 2009 | |
| President Signs FY 2010 Budget Bill - SSA Gets 10% Increase | DEC | 1 | 2009 | |
| House Passes Extension of Direct Fee Payment in SSI Cases and Nonattorney Eligibility for Direct Fee Payment | DEC | 2 | 2009 | |
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CONSULTATIVE EXAMINATION | ||||
| Federal Register Update: Onsite review of CEs | MAR | 7 | 2007 | |
| Letter from Manny Vaz, Acting Deputy Commissioner on CE contacts (7/9/07) | JUL | 16 | 2007 | |
| Consultative Examiners and Requests from Representatives: What CEs Can and Can't Do | JUL | 4 | 2008 | |
| Letter to the Editor: Treating doctor as "preferred" CE source and records sent by DDS to CE | AUG | 2 | 2008 | |
| Focus: Poor Consultative Examiners? Check the Doctor's Licensing! | NOV | 4 | 2008 | |
| Clarification on Focus | DEC | 2 | 2008 | |
| Letter to the Editor: Poor Consultative Examiners | JAN | 2 | 2009 | |
| Letter to the Editor: Poor Consultative Examiners | MAR | 2 | 2009 | |
| What Evidence Is Sent with CE Requests? | JUL | 7 | 2009 | |
| Fed Reg Update: SSA Withdraws Proposed Rules: Nonpayment Policy for CE Appointments That Are Not Kept | NOV | 15 | 2009 | |
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CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS | ||||
| Fees in Continuing Disability Reviews and Overpayment Cases | APR | 8 | 2008 | |
| Query from People With Disabilities Foundation, Re: Davis v. Astrue | MAY-JUN | 23 | 2008 | |
| Fed Reg Update: SSA Withdraws Proposed Rules: SSI: Suspensions, Terminations, and Advance Notice of Unfavorable Determination | NOV | 15 | 2009 | |
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CRITICAL CASES/ TERMINAL ILLNESS | ||||
| Practice Tip: TERI Cases at the Appeals Council | MAY | 5 | 2009 |
| TOPICS - "D" | Mo. | Pg. | Year | |
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DAILY ACTIVITIES/ HOUSEHOLD CHORES | ||||
| Granlisch v. Barnhart, 464 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D.Mo. 2006) | MAY | 40 | 2007 | |
| Frizell v. Astrue, 487 F.Supp.2d 1301 (N.D.Ala. 2007) | SEP | 16 | 2008 | |
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DATE LAST INSURED | ||||
| Recency of Work Test Upheld as Constitutional (Collier v. Barnhart, 473 F.3d 444 (2nd Cir. 2007)) | MAR | 8 | 2008 | |
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DDS ISSUES | ||||
| New Backlog Problem at the Initial Level: How Does Your State Rate? | JUN | 1 | 2009 | |
| Practice Tip: Anatomy of a DDS Barcode | JUN | 8 | 2009 | |
| DDS Performance Management Report | JUN | 16 | 2009 | |
| DDSs No Longer Processing Appointment of Representative Form | JUL | 6 | 2009 | |
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DEBIT CARDS | ||||
| New Debit Cards for Unbanked Social Security and SSI Beneficiaries | JAN | 11 | 2008 | |
| Congress Looks at Protecting Beneficiaries from Harmful Practices by Financial Institutions and Predatory Lenders | JUL | 14 | 2008 | |
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DEBT COLLECTION | ||||
| EAJA Payment Issues: An Update | JUN | 1 | 2007 | |
| Senate Holds Hearing on Seizure of Bank Accounts | SEP | 17 | 2007 | |
| SSA Overpayment recovery Tools | MAR | 27 | 2008 | |
| EAJA Payee Update; Two Circuit Courts Rule; Petition for Certiorari Filed; Legislation Introduced | MAY-JUN | 1 | 2008 | |
| The Supreme Court Will Decide Who Is the Payee of EAJA Fees (Ratliff v. Astrue) | SEP | 1 | 2009 | |
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DIABETES | ||||
| SSA Proposes Changes to Endocrine Listing - Diabetes Would Be Deleted | DEC | 3 | 2009 | |
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DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES
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| See Also, Vocational Expert Testimony | ||||
| Focus: SSR 00-4p: Is There a Conflict Between the DOT and the VE's Testimony? (Leonard v. Astrue) | SEP | 5 | 2007 | |
| Leonard v. Astrue, 487 F.Supp.2d 1333 (M.D.Fla. 2007) | OCT | 20 | 2008 | |
| New SSA Panel to Review Replacement of the DOT | JAN | 1 | 2009 | |
| Where is the DOT going? | JUN | 1 | 2009 | |
| Letter from Interim Chair, OIDAP Panel | JUN | 20 | 2009 | |
| Which Electronic Versions of DOT Can Be Used? | JUL | 5 | 2009 | |
| NOSSCR Submits Preliminary Comments to OIDAP Panel | AUG | 2 | 2009 | |
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DIGESTIVE DISEASES | ||||
| Final Digestive Disorders Listings Issued | OCT | 1 | 2007 | |
| Advanced NPRM on Functional Limitations due to Digestive Disorders (72 FR 70527 Dec.12, 2007) | DEC | 5 | 2007 | |
| Letter to the Editor- Re: New liver disease listings | JUL | 3 | 2008 | |
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DIRECT DEPOSIT | ||||
| SSA Requests Comments on Predatory Lenders and SSA Beneficiaries (73 Fed. Reg. 21403 (Apr. 21.2008)) | APR | 17 | 2008 | |
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DISABILITY CLAIMS PROCESS - COMMISSIONER'S PROPOSAL DISABILITY SERVICE IMPROVEMENT (DSI) | ||||
| DSI Update: DRB Review Panel and Advisory Panel Members Named; DRB Profiling/Screening Tool/ Consultative Examinations | JAN | 6 | 2007 | |
| Changes at SSA: What is the Future of DSI? | MAR | 1 | 2007 | |
| DSI Update: What Do the Numbers Tell Us? | APR | 5 | 2007 | |
| SSA Response to NOSSCR FOIA Request on DSI | APR | 12 | 2007 | |
| What is the Future of DSI? | JUN | 1 | 2007 | |
| Quick Disability Determinations: Is Nationwide Implementation Coming Soon? | JUN | 14 | 2007 | |
| Comments Requested on "Compassionate Allowances" | JUL | 3 | 2007 | |
| Are More Disability Claims Process Changes Coming Your Way Soon? (Amendment to the Attorney Advisory Program; Proposed Termination of FedRo; Proposed Replacement of DRB) | JUL | 6 | 2007 | |
| Proposed Rules Expand Quick Disability Determinations Nationwide July/4/07 Is the Demise of DSI on the Horizon? Proposed Rule Suspends New FedRO Appeals | AUG | 3 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Letter to Commissioner, re: DSI Federal Reviewing Offical Level | AUG | 9 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Comments on Quick Disability Determination Proposed Rule | AUG | 14 | 2007 | |
| Quick Disability Decisions Go National | SEP | 1 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Comments on Compassionate Allowances | SEP | 14 | 2007 | |
| Changes Proposed to the ALJ and Appeals Process: Does Administrative Efficiency Trump Fairness? | OCT | 1 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Comments on Federal Reviewing Officials Proposed Rule | OCT | 8 | 2007 | |
| Proposed Rule on ALJ, Appeals Council and Decision Review Board (72 Fed. Reg. 61218 (Oct.29, 2007) | OCT | 27 | 2007 | |
| GAO Report: Social Security Reform: Issues for Disability and Dependent Benefits, GAO-08-26 (Oct. 2007) | NOV | 7 | 2007 | |
| Comment Period Closes for Proposed Appeals Changes: What does the Future Hold? | DEC | 1 | 2007 | |
| Compassionate Allowances Outreach Hearing: Obtaining Evidence of Rare Diseases Can Be Difficult | DEC | 3 | 2007 | |
| NOSSCR Comments on Appeals Process Proposed Regulations | DEC | 8 | 2007 | |
| SSA Suspends Part of Proposed Rule Changing Appeals Process | JAN | 1 | 2008 | |
| Demise of the FedRO? SSA suspends New FedRO Appeals | JAN | 3 | 2008 | |
| Letter from Commissioner Astrue to Chairman McNulty | JAN | 12 | 2008 | |
| Letters from Commissioner Astrue AMA & AHA | JAN | 14 | 2008 | |
| SSA Delays Suspension of New FedRO Appeals | FEB | 2 | 2008 | |
| Federal Register Update: Attorney Advisor final rule | MAR | 26 | 2008 | |
| Federal Register Update: The "Prototype" and "Single Decisionmaker" tests return to Region I | MAR | 26 | 2008 | |
| Compassionate Allowance Outreach Hearing Focuses on Cancer Cases | APR | 5 | 2008 | |
| SSA Expands Fast-Track Disability Processes | JAN | 13 | 2009 | |
| Attorney Advisor Program Extended to 2011 | JUL | 2 | 2009 | |
| Fed Reg Update: SSA Withdraws Proposed Rules: New Disability Claims Process | NOV | 15 | 2009 | |
| DSI: Is the End Near? | DEC | 3 | 2009 | |
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DISABLED ADULT CHILDREN | ||||
| New Reports from the Inspector General and the GAO: SSI Recipients Eligible as Disabled Children under the Old OASDI Program A-13-07-17073 (April 2007) | MAY | 7 | 2007 | |
| Childhood Disability Benefits: Marriage and Re-entitlement Rules | AUG | 21 | 2008 | |
| Rossello ex rel. Rossello v. Astrue, 529 F.2d 1181 (D.C.2008) | NOV | 12 | 2008 | |
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DISABLED CHILDREN (SSI) | ||||
| New Reports from the Inspector General and the GAO: SSI Recipients Eligible as Disabled Children under the Old OASDI Program A-13-07-17073 (April 2007) | MAY | 7 | 2007 | |
| White ex rel. Johnson v. Barnhart, 409 F.Supp.2d 205 (W.D.N.Y. 2006) | MAY | 41 | 2007 | |
| Giles ex rel. Giles v. Astrue, 483 F.3d 483 (7th Cir. 2007) | JUN | 17 | 2007 | |
| Federal Register Update: SSI Youth Transition Demonstration | MAR | 26 | 2008 | |
| Murphy ex rel. Murphy v. Astrue, 496 F.3d 630 (7th Cir. 2007) | MAR | 29 | 2008 | |
| Federal Register Update: SSI parent-to-child deeming from Stepparents- final rule | MAY-JUN | 26 | 2008 | |
| Focus: SSI Childhood Disability: Dedicated Staving Accounts | JAN | 5 | 2009 | |
| New Childhood Disability SSRs | FEB | 1 | 2009 | |
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DISMISSAL OF HEARING | ||||
| Focus: The Claimant's Failure to Appear at a Hearing | MAR | 4 | 2009 |