| TOPICS - "M" | |
Mo. | Pg. | Year |
MANUAL DEXTERITY
 |
| Price v. Astrue, 572 F.Supp.2d 703 (N.D.Tex. 2008) |
| MAY | 22 | 2009 |
| Hensley v. Astrue, 573 F.3d 263 (6th Cir. 2009) |
| SEP | 16 | 2009 |
MEDICAL EXPERTS / MEDICAL ADVISORS
 |
| Chief Judge Bulletin on Proffering ME and VE Interrogatories |
| OCT | 8 | 2008 |
MEDICAL RECORDS
 |
| State Payment Rates for Medical Records |
| MAY | 4 | 2007 |
| State Payment rates for Medical Records |
| MAY-JUN | 6 | 2008 |
| Update: State Payment Rates for Medical Records: Iowa, Ohio |
| JUL | 2 | 2008 |
| Letter to the Editor: State payment rates for medcial records: Georgia |
| AUG | 3 | 2008 |
| SSA Utilizes Electronic Medical Records Network |
| DEC | 5 | 2008 |
| SSA and Use of Electronic Health Record Data |
| AUG | 10 | 2009 |
| State Payment Rates for Medical Records - Revised Dec. 2009 |
| DEC | 4 | 2009 |
MEDICARE COVERAGE
 |
| Is It Time to Eliminate the Medicare Waiting Period? |
| JUN | 12 | 2007 |
| Practice Tip: Medicare Part B Income-Related Premium |
| MAY-JUN | 27 | 2008 |
| Correction" Medicare Part B income Related Premiums |
| JUL | 2 | 2008 |
| New Law Includes Improvements for Medicare Beneficiaries |
| AUG | 5 | 2008 |
| Withholding Medicare Premiums from Social Security Payments Aug/6/08 |
| AUG | 5 | 2008 |
| Bill Introduced to End Medicare Waiting Period |
| MAR | 2 | 2009 |
| Limits on Medicare's Recovery of Health Care Payments
When the Beneficiary Has Liability Or Workers'
Compensation Insurance |
| SEP | 4 | 2009 |
MEDICATIONS
 |
| Gonzalez v. Barnhart, 491 F.Supp.2d 329 (W.D.N.Y. 2007) |
| SEP | 16 | 2007 |
MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS/ MENTAL RETARDATION
 |
| Nicola v. Astrue, 480 F.3d 1001 (8th Cir. 2007) |
| JUL | 24 | 2007 |
| Jones v. Astrue, 494 F.Supp.2d 1284 (N.D.Ala. 2007) |
| OCT | 23 | 2007 |
| Vaughn v. Astrue, 494 F.Supp.2d 1269 (N.D.Ala. 2007) |
| OCT | 24 | 2007 |
| Focus: Listing 12.05C and Deficits in Adaptive Functioning
(Grant v. Astrue) |
| FEB | 4 | 2008 |
| Expect More Changes to the Listings - proposed mental disorder
listings forthcoming |
| APR | 3 | 2008 |
| Carpenter v. Astrue, 537 F.3d 1264 (10th Cir. 2008) |
| DEC | 16 | 2008 |
| King v. Astrue, 564 F.3d 978 (8th Cir. 2009) |
| JUN | 19 | 2009 |
| Focus: Listing 12.05C - Possible ALJ Bias? (McGruder v. Astrue)
|
| SEP | 6 | 2009 |
| xRineholt v. Astrue, 617 F.Supp.2d 733 (E.D.Tenn. 2009) |
| OCT | 17 | 2009 |
| Focus: Meeting the "Deficits in Adaptive Functioning"
Requirement of Listing 12.05 (Nettles v. Astrue;
Dixon v. Astrue) |
| JUL | x | 2009 |
MISINFORMATION
 |
| Costello v. Barnhart, 499 F.3d 648 (7th Cir. 2007) |
| FEB | 30 | 2008 |
MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS
 |
| Fed. Reg. Update: SSA Requests Comments on Three Listings
(Skin, Genitourinary, Multiple Body System) |
| NOV | 15 | 2009 |
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
 |
| Anderson v. Commissioner of Social Security,
440 F.Supp.2d 696 (E.D.Mich. 2006) |
| JAN | 28 | 2007 |
| TOPICS - "N" | |
Mo. | Pg. | Year |
NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS
 |
| Dewald v. Astrue, 590 F.Supp.2d 11840 (D.S.D. 2008) |
| APR | 16 | 2009 |
| SSA Q&A on Evaluating Migraine Headaches. Dec. 2009 |
| DEC | 14 | 2009 |
NON-ATTORNEY FEE WITHHOLDING
 |
| Non-Attorney Demonstration Project: Next Exam Scheduled |
| JAN | 2 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR's Frequently Asked Questions About Forms SSA-1695,
SSA-1694 and SSA 1699 |
| JAN | 6 | 2007 |
| SSA-1695s: Many Problems Persist |
| FEB | 1 | 2007 |
| GAO Surveys Representatives |
| FEB | 2 | 2007 |
| SSA-1695 Receipt Letter |
| FEB | 11 | 2007 |
| SSA Issues Regulations on 2004 SSPA Fee Changes |
| APR | 1 | 2007 |
| Changes in Non-Attorney Direct Payment Demonstration Project |
| AUG | 2 | 2007 |
| Non-Attorney Demonstration Project: Next Exam Scheduled |
| NOV | 1 | 2007 |
| GAO Studies Fee Withholding: SSA Disability Representatives:
Fee Payment Changes Show Promise, but Eligibility Criteria
and Representative Overpayments Require Further Monitoring,
GAO-08-5(Oct. 2007) |
| NOV | 3 | 2007 |
| Payment of Fees: Acknowledging the 1695 Form |
| JAN | 4 | 2008 |
| Non-Attorney demonstration Project: Next Exam Scheduled |
| JAN | 33 | 2009 |
| Update: Extension of SSPA Fee Provisions |
| OCT | 1 | 2009 |
| House Passes Extension of Direct Fee Payment in SSI Cases and
Nonattorney Eligibility for Direct Fee Payment |
| DEC | 2 | 2009 |
NON-EXERTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS
 |
| Perbeck v. Astrue, 487 F.Supp.2d 1267 (D.Kan. 2007) |
| NOV | 12 | 2008 |
NOSSCR
 |
| Forum Articles Index January - December 2006 |
| JAN | 16 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Testimony on Disability Backlogs, Hearing Feb. 14, 2007 |
| FEB | 12 | 2007 |
| Index of Available Materials - 2006 |
| FEB | 25 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Recommendations for Reducing the Disability Claims
Backlog |
| MAR | 4 | 2007 |
| Baltimore NOSSCR Conference: SSA Addresses Backlog
Reduction Efforts |
| APR | 1 | 2007 |
| Nominations Now Open for the Eileen P. Sweeney Distinguished
Service Award |
| APR | 2 | 2007 |
| SSA Response to NOSSCR FOIA Request on DSI |
| APR | 12 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Sustaining Members and Brief Writers - 2007 |
| APR | 20 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee Hearing
- May 23, 2007 |
| MAY | 20 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Distinguished Service Award |
| JUL | 2 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Statement for the Record -
House Hearing on Identity Theft |
| JUL | 12 | 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 |
| NOSSCR Washington Office New Address |
| SEP | 2 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Comments on Compassionate Allowances |
| SEP | 14 | 2007 |
| Commissioner Astrue Speaks at NOSSCR Conference |
| OCT | 1 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Comments on Federal Reviewing Officials Proposed Rule |
| OCT | 8 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Board of Directors 2007- 2008 |
| OCT | 20 | 2007 |
| Keep Current with the Listings of Impairments-order form |
| NOV | DEC | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Sustaining Member List |
| NOV | 22 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Comments on Appeals Process Proposed Regulations |
| DEC | 8 | 2007 |
| NOSSCR Online Posts Media Coverage of Delays |
| JAN | 2 | 2008 |
| Forum Articles Index: January - December 2007 |
| JAN | 16 | 2008 |
| Nomination Form: Eileen P. Sweeny Distinguished Service Award |
| FEB | 10 | 2008 |
| List of Available Materials - January - December 2007 |
| FEB | 11 | 2008 |
| Congratulations to the Newest ALJs! |
| MAR | 2 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR Legislative Agenda |
| MAR | 4 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR Letter on FY 2009 Budget |
| MAR | 10 | 2008 |
| Montana: Two Degrees of Separation (or Less) Connects You
to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee |
| APR | 1 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR News - Thank you for hardship information |
| APR | 2 | 2008 |
| Compassionate Allowance Outreach Hearing Focuses on
Cancer Cases |
| APR | 5 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR Sustaining Member and Brief-Writer List |
| APR | 20 | 2008 |
| SSA Speakers at NOSSCR Conference: Update on Backlog Reduction
and other SSA Initiatives |
| MAY-JUN | 1 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR Redesigns Homepage |
| MAY-JUN | 2 | 2008 |
| More NOSSCR Members Become ALJs! |
| JUL | 2 | 2008 |
| Commissioner Astrue Speaks at Los Angeles NOSSCR Conference |
| OCT | 1 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR Board of Directors 2008- 2009 |
| OCT | 14 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR Sustaining Members and Brief Writers - 2008 |
| NOV | 16 | 2008 |
| NOSSCR News: Send Us Your Problem Notices |
| JAN | 2 | 2009 |
| Forum Articles Index: January - December 2008 |
| JAN | 18 | 2009 |
| Commissioner Astrue Speaks at Washington, DC
NOSSCR Conference |
| MAY | 1 | 2009 |
| NOSSCR List of Sustaining Members |
| MAY | 26 | 2009 |
| Remarks of Matthew Howard, 2009 recipient of NOSSCR's
Eileen P. Sweeney Distinguished Service Award |
| JUN | 4 | 2009 |
| Please Complete Survey on Current ODAR Practice Issues |
| JUL | x | 2009 |
| NOSSCR Survey on Current ODAR Practice Issues |
| JUL | 14 | 2009 |
| Consider a Nomination for the Eileen P. Sweeney Distinguished
Service Award |
| NOV | 9 | 2009 |
| Order or Renew the Listings/Grids Manual Now |
| NOV | 14 | 2009 |
| NOSSCR Sustaining Members and Brief Writers |
| NOV | 18 | 2009 |
| TOPICS - "O" | |
Mo. | Pg. | Year |
OBESITY
 |
| Poulos v. Commissioner of Social Security,
474 F.3d 88 (3rd Cir. 2007) |
| JUN | 16 | 2007 |
| Orn v. Astrue, 495 F.3d 625 (9th Cir. 2007) |
| OCT | 23 | 2007 |
| Letter to the Editor: Re: Obesity & scientific studies |
| DEC | 2 | 2007 |
| Ogden v. Astrue, 597 F.Supp.2d 626 (S.D.W.Va. 2009) |
| SEP | 16 | 2009 |
OFFSET
 |
| See Also, Workers Compensation |
| Federal Register Update: Government Pension Offset Exemption
72 Fed. Reg. 43202 (Aug. 3, 2007) |
| AUG | 8 | 2007 |
| GAO Report: Social Security; Issues Regarding the Coverage of
Public Employees, GAO-08-248T (Nov 6, 2007) |
| NOV | 7 | 2007 |
ONSET DATE
 |
| Payton v. Barnhart, 416 F.Supp.2d 385 (E.D.Pa. 2006) |
| JUL | 24 | 2007 |
| Practice Tip: Disabled Widow(er)s and Disability Onset |
| OCT | 2 | 2007 |
| Letter to the Editor, Re: Prescribed Period for widow(er)s - Correction of October 2007 Practice Tip |
| JAN | 2 | 2008 |
OVERPAYMENTS
 |
| Federal Register Update: Use of video hearings for overpayment
waiver personal conferences |
| MAR | 7 | 2007 |
| Final Rule on Overpayment Waiver Personal Conferences |
| JAN | 5 | 2008 |
| SSA Overpayment Recovery Tools |
| MAR | 27 | 2008 |
| Fees in Continuing Disability Reviews and Overpayment Cases |
| APR | 8 | 2008 |
| Federal Register Update: Applying Title II underpayments to
reduce overpayments and overpayments to payees |
| JUL | 7 | 2008 |
| Practice Tip: "Administrative Waiver" Increased to $1000 |
| SEP | 2 | 2008 |
| Federal Register Update: Technical revisions to overpayment rules |
| NOV | 9 | 2008 |
| Practice Tip: Limiting Overpayment Recovery |
| DEC | 11 | 2008 |
| SSA Debt Management Authority: Quick Response Evaluation:
Improper Payments Report, NO. A-15-09-29125 (July 23, 2009) |
| AUG | 17 | 2009 |
| GAO Asked to Review SSA's Earnings Overpayment Process |
| NOV | 9 | 2009 |
| TOPICS - "P" | |
Mo. | Pg. | Year |
PAIN
 |
| Leckenby v. Astrue, 487 F.3d 626 (8th Cir. 2007) |
| JUL | 25 | 2007 |
| Hogan v. Astrue, 491 F.Supp.2d 347 (W.D.N.Y. 2007) |
| SEP | 16 | 2007 |
| Ford v. Astrue, 518 F.3d 979 (8th Cir. 2008) |
| MAY-JUN | 36 | 2008 |
| Haugen v. Astrue, 497 F.Supp.2d 1315 (N.D.Ala. 2007) |
| MAY-JUN | 36 | 2008 |
| Lingenfelter v. Astrue, 504 F.3d 1028 (9th Cir. 2007) |
| AUG | 28 | 2008 |
| Craft v. Astrue, 539 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2008) |
| JAN | 32 | 2009 |
| Jones v. Barnhart, 539 F.Supp.2d 1057 (N.D.Ill. 2008) |
| JAN | 33 | 2009 |
| Valiquette v. Astrue, 498 F.Supp.2d 424(D.Mass. 2007) |
| APR | 16 | 2009 |
| Vasquez v. Astrue, 547 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2008) |
| APR | 16 | 2009 |
PASS PLANS
 |
| See Work Incentives |
PAST RELEVANT WORK
 |
| See Former Work |
| | | |
PRISONERS' BENEFITS / FLEEING FELONS
 |
| Lawsuit Challenges Suspension for Alleged Probation or Parole
Violators (Clark v. Barnhart, No. 06-Civ-15521
(SDNY, Dec. 28, 2006)) |
| JAN | 14 | 2007 |
| Focus: Fleeing Felon - ALJ decision |
| OCT | 4 | 2007 |
| SSA "Fleeing Felon Policy Held Inconsistent with the Act
(Cambero v. Commissioner of Social Security) |
| OCT | 14 | 2007 |
| Report on Fugitive Felon Program (www.urbanjustice.org Oct. 2007) |
| DEC | 23 | 2007 |
| Possible Litigation: Denial or Suspension of Benefits Under
the Social Security "Fugitive Felon" Policy |
| JUL | 18 | 2008 |
| Inspector General Focuses on Savings from Suspending
Title II benefits to Fleeing Felons |
| JUL | 18 | 2008 |
| ODAR Lists Outdated Non-disability Regulations:
Eligibility for incarcerated individuals and "fleeing felons" and probation/parole violators |
| JUL | 17 | 2008 |
| National Class Action Challenges SSA Policy on "Fleeing Felon" Penalty (Martinez v. Astrue) |
| OCT | 9 | 2008 |
| SSA Changes "fleeing Felon" defition: 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 |
| New Law Delays Payment of Past Due Benefits to Prisoners
and Others |
| DEC | 12 | 2009 |
| Get updates on Martinez settlement |
| DEC | 12 | 2009 |
PROTECTIVE FILING DATE
 |
| Federal Register Update: Proposed Rule-Protective Title II Filing Date |
| DEC | 19 | 2008 |
PSYCHIATRIC IMPAIRMENTS
 |
| Behn v. Barnhart, 463 F.Supp.2d 1043 (C.D.Cal. 2006) |
| MAR | 17 | 2007 |
| Dutil v. Barnhart, 457 F.Supp.2d 1321 (M.D.Fla. 2005) |
| APR | 17 | 2007 |
| Cline v. Astrue, 577 F.Supp.2d 835 (N.D.Tex. 2008) |
| JAN | 32 | 2009 |
| Walterich v. Astrue, 578 F.Supp.2d 482 (W.D.N.Y. 2008) |
| MAR | 17 | 2009 |
| Hartman v. Astrue, 592 F.Supp.2d 1100 (S.D.Iowa 2009) |
| APR | 17 | 2009 |
| Smith v. Astrue, 565 F.Supp.2d 918 (M.D.Tenn. 2008) |
| MAY | 23 | 2009 |
| Snetselaar v. Astrue, 588 F.Supp.2d 1030 (W.D. Mo. 2008) |
| SEP | 16 | 2009 |