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TOPICS - "M"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
MEDICAID COVERAGE
Government Drops Appeal on Medicaid Counseling Injunction (New York State Bar Ass’n v. Reno)		MAR	14	1999
SSA Issues SSI Policy Instructions on Medicaid Trusts		JUN	5	2000
Did You Know? DAC and Medicaid		SEP	7	2000
Letter to the Editor, Re: "Pickle People"		OCT	3	2000
Letter to the Editor: Medicaid Eligibility for Disabled Widows/Widowers		DEC	3	2000
Recent Important and Favorable Changes in SSA Trust Policy		DEC	12	2001
Practice Tip: Medicaid Coverage for Disabled Adult Children		MAY	5	2002
MEDICAL ADVISORS / MEDICAL CONSULTANTS
Santana v. Apfel, 44 F.Supp.2d 482 (E.D.N.Y. 1999)		JAN	33	2000
Jones v. Apfel, 66 F.Supp.2d 518 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)		JAN	33	2000
DDS Physician Codes		JUL	9	2000
Banks v. Apfel, 144 F.Supp.2d 752 (E.D.Ky. 2001)		SEP	16	2001
Williams v. Massanari, 171 F.Supp.2d 829 (N.D.Ill. 2001)		JUN	16	2002
MEDICAL RECORDS
Paying for Medical records: Cost Containment for Claimants		MAY	13	1999
Montana Limits Copying Costs for Health Care Records		SEP	25	1999
Payment for Medical Records - Chart		NOV	18	1999
Payment for Medical Records - Updated Chart		APR	20	2000
Correction, Oklahoma		MAY	7	2000
Access to Medical Records: Ohio		FEB	27	2001
New Privacy Rules		APR	14	2001
Revised Regulations Provide Access to Sensitive Medical Records		APR	18	2001
Payment for Medical Records		NOV	14	2001
Payment for Medical Records		NOV	10	2002
Correction: Minnesota law on payment for medical records		DEC	2	2002
MEDICARE COVERAGE
From SSA: Four New On-Line Services(Medicare Replacement Cards)		NOV	15	2000
New Law Eliminates 24-Month Medicare Waiting Period for Individuals with ALS		JAN	10	2001
Bill Introduced to Eliminate Title II and Medicare Waiting Periods		APR	9	2001
Medicare Waiting Period for Individuals with ALJ on July 1, 2001		MAY	10	2001
HHS Issues Guidance on Workers' Compensation Settlements and Medicare		SEP	11	2001
Medicare Handbook Available		SEP	11	2001
New Medicare Law Establishes Time Limits in October 2002		OCT	14	2001
Bills Propose "Medicare-Only" ALJs		NOV	12	2001
New Medicare Appeals Procedures on Hold		OCT	2	2002
Medicare Proposed Appeals Rules: A Look Into SSA's Future?		NOV	1	2002
MEDICATIONS
Information on Free and Low Cost Prescription Drugs is Available		MAY	3	1999
Elswick v. Apfel, 109 F.Supp.2d 476 (S.D.W.Va. 2000)		OCT	56	2000
Consideration of the Side Effects of Medications		NOV	5	2000
Free Medicine May Be Available		OCT	5	2001
Practice Tip: Side Effects from Medication		MAR	8	2002
Practice Tip: Lay Guide to Medications		JUL	6	2002
Free and Reduced Cost Medication May be Available to Your Clients		SEP	3	2002
Chart of Drug Assistance Programs by State		SEP	16	2002
MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS/MENTAL RETARDATION
Baneky v. Apfel, 997 F.Supp. 543 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)		JAN	24	1999
Durham v. Apfel, 34 F.Supp. 1373 (N.D.Ga. 1998)		JUL	18	1999
Mental retardation - New Challenges to Section 12.05(c)		SEP	22	1999
Vasquez-Ortiz v. Apfel, 48 F.Supp.2d 250 (W.D.N.Y. 1999)		SEP	26	1999
Stress as a Factor in Disability Determinations		OCT	2	1999
Laffitte v. Apfel, 81 F.Supp.2d 669 (W.D.La. 1999)		APR	28	2000
Letter to the Editor, Re: Comment on Understanding Cognitive Testing and How to Use it to Your Client's Advantage in Orlando May 2000 Conference Materials		MAY	2	2000
A Review of Intelligence Testing Concepts		JUN	23	2000
Comparisons Between the WAIS – R & WAIS III		JUL	5	2000
SSA Revised Mental Impairment Listings		SEP	1	2000
Mental Incapacity and Extending the Deadline to Appeal (SSR 91-5p)		SEP	10	2000
New Mental Health Evaluation Forms		NOV	14	2000
Bailey v. Apfel, 230 F.3d 1063 (8th Cir. 2000)		DEC	16	2000
Loza v. Apfel, 219 F.3d 378 (5th Cir. 2000)		FEB	26	2001
Letter to the Editor: Listing Section 12.05(c)		JUN	3	2001
Muncy v. Apfel, 247 F.3d 728 (8th Cir. 2001)		JUN	16	2001
Listings Extended: Growth Impairments, Musculoskeletal, Special Senses and Speech, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Genito-Urinary System, Hemic and Lymphatic System, Skin, Endocrine System, Multiple Body Systems, Neurological, Mental Disorders, Neoplastic Diseases, Immune System		JUL-AUG	5	2001
Davis v. Apfel, 133 F.Supp.2d 542 (E.D.Mich. 2001)		JUL-AUG	20	2001
Hansen v. Massanari, 145 F.Supp.2d 1054 (S.D.Iowa 2001)		OCT	15	2001
Use of WISC-III vs. WISC-R		OCT	4	2001
Meeting Listing 12.05: Is the "Deficits in Adaptive Functioning" a Separate Requirement?		JAN	9	2002
Changes in the Listings for Mental Impairments(Comments)		FEB	1	2002
OHA Reminders: Psychiatric Review Technique Form		FEB	5	2002
Letter to the Editor, Listing 12.05. Response to January article		MAR	2	2002
Fuget v. Massanari, 144 F.Supp.2d 1103 (S.D.Iowa 2001)		MAR	14	2002
Hodges v. Barnhart, 276 F.3d 1265 (11th Cir. 2001)		APR	20	2002
MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES
Query: Long term exposure to asphalt		APR	3	1999
MUSCULOSKELETAL IMPAIRMENTS
Listings Extended: Growth Impairments, Musculoskeletal, Special Senses and Speech, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Genito-Urinary System, Hemic and Lymphatic System, Skin, Endocrine System, Multiple Body Systems, Neurological, Mental Disorders, Neoplastic Diseases, Immune System		JUL-AUG	5	2001
SSA Proposes Extensive Revisions to Several Listings: Musculoskeletal; Digestive Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic; Skin; Malignant Neoplastic		DEC	1	2001
"Final" Musculoskeletal Listings Issued (Effective February 2002)		DEC	16	2001
Musculoskeletal Training Materials		JUL	2	2002
Advocating for People with Arthritis		JUL	19	2002

TOPICS - "N"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
NEW EVIDENCE
Submitting New Evidence to the Appeals Council – A Circuit by Circuit Analysis		JAN	29	2000
Judicial Review and Additional Evidence at the Appeals Council When Review is Denied		JUN	1	2001
NONACQUIESCENCE
See Acquiescence
NONCOMPLIANCE
Brashears v. Apfel, 73 F.Supp.2d 648 (W.D.La. 1999)		JUN	25	2000
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING
Revised HALLEX Implements SSA’s Interpreter Policies		JAN	10	1999
Nemirovsky v. Apfel, 101 F.Supp.2d (E.D.N.Y. 2000)		OCT	57	2000
SSA Holds National Conference on Service to the Limited English Proficient Public: New DDS POMS Guarantees Qualified Interpreters		JUN	11	2001
NOSSCR
NOSSCR Committees		JAN	5	1999
1998 Forum Articles Inde		JAN	11	1999
Index of List of Available Material 1998 (Item Nos. 1038-1068)		FEB	14	1999
1999 NOSSCR Sustaining Members		MAR	15	1999
1999 NOSSCR Sustaining Members		OCT	8	1999
NOSSCR Pro Bono Award		NOV	3	1999
NOSSCR Distinguished Service Award		NOV	3	1999
NOSSCR's Board of Directors 1999-2000		NOV	4	1999
NOSSCR Pro Bono Award		JAN	FEB	2000
NOSSCR Distinguished Service Award		JAN	FEB	2000
NOSSCR Government Affairs Office		FEB	3	2000
NOSSCR Committees		FEB	7	2000
Index of List of Available Material 1999 (Item Nos. 1069-1111)		FEB	20	2000
2000 NOSSCR Sustaining Members		MAR	7	2000
NOSSCR Meets with Appeals Council		SEP	9	2000
NOSSCR's Board of Directors, 2000-2001		OCT	6	2000
NOSSCR Sustaining Members, October 2000		OCT	12	2000
President's Message		NOV	3	2000
Pro Bono Award Recipient: Hester Honda		NOV	7	2000
"Have You Heard the One About" Nominations Sought		DEC	3	2000
NOSSCR Pro Bono Award		JAN	2	2001
NOSSCR Distinguished Service Award		JAN	2	2001
NOSSCR Committees 2000-2001		JAN	4	2001
2000 Forum Article Index		JAN	14	2001
Index of List of Available Material 2000 (Item Nos. 1111-1187)		FEB	10	2001
NOSSCR Sustaining Members, March 2001		MAR	9	2001
NOSSCR's Review of the Social Security Advisory Board Report		APR	1	2001
NOSSCR Challenges User Fee in Court		MAY	1	2001
NOSSCR Distinguished Service Award Presented to David Ettinger		MAY	2	2001
Listings Available from SSA on-line and NOSSCR's publication		JUN	2	2001
Hearing Process Improvement: NOSSCR Members Speak Out		JUL-AUG	1	2001
NOSSCR Pro Bono Award		JUL-AUG	2	2001
HPI: Invitation to Participate		JUL-AUG	2	2001
NOSSCR letter to HPI evaluation team		SEP	4	2001
NOSSCR Responds to 9/11 Attacks		OCT	2	2001
NOSSCR Members are New ALJs		OCT	2	2001
NOSSCR's Board of Directors: 2001-2002		OCT	12	2001
NOSSCR's Sustaining Members		NOV	18	2001
NOSSCR Awards		DEC	2	2001
2001 Forum Articles Index		JAN	16	2002
NOSSCR Awards- applications being accepted now		FEB	2	2002
Available Material Index - 2001 Item Numbers 1188-1260		FEB	16	2002
NOSSCR Sustaining Members - March 2002		MAR	19	2002
Commissioner Barnhart Details Concerns about Delays and Proposed Actions at Congressional Hearing; Commissioner and OHA Associate Commissioner also speak at NOSSCR conference		MAY	1	2002
Statement of Nancy Shor at the Hearing on Social Security Disability Programs' Challenges and Opportunities: House Committee on Ways and Means		JUL	14	2002
NOSSCR Sustaining Members		NOV	17	2002
NOSSCR Position Paper Addresses Disability Process		DEC	1 & 12	2002
NOSSCR's Board of Directors: 2002-2003		DEC	4	2002

TOPICS - "O"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
OBESITY
Garcia v. Chater, 17 F.Supp.2d 188 (W.D.N.Y. 1996)		APR	12	1999
Brider v. Apfel, 18 F.Supp.2d 900 (N.D.Ill. 1998)		MAY	17	1999
SSA Deletes the Obesity Listing § 9.09		AUG	1	1999
Obesity Listing § 9.09 Deleted		NOV	10	1999
Court Applies Obesity Listing After its Expiration Date		JAN	9	2000
Richardson v. Apfel, 44 F.Supp.2d 1264 (M.D.Fla. 1998)		JAN	33	2000
SSA Issues SSR On Evaluation of Obesity (SSR 00-3p)		MAY	1	2000
Continuing Disability Reviews for Claimants Found Disabled Under Listing § 9.09		AUG	9	2000
Clifford v. Apfel, 227 F.3d 863 (7th Cir. 2000)		DEC	16	2000
Retroactivity and the Obesity Listing Deletion (Rudolph v. Apfel)		FEB	20	2001
Obesity Listing Applied to Case Pending at Appeals Council in 1999 -Baker v. Commissioner, 5:99CV2899 (N.D.Ohio, April 23, 2001)		JUN	11	2001
Query: re: Claimants with Obesity		JUL-AUG	3	2001
Parent v. Halter, 153 F.Supp.2d 1090 (W.D.Mo. 2001)		OCT	16	2001
Internet News: BMI Calculator		NOV	6	2001
Kokal v. Massanari, 163 F.Supp.2d 1122 (N.D.Cal. 2001)		DEC	18	2001
Practice Tip: Obesity with spinal pathology		MAR	9	2002
New SSR on Evaluation of Obesity (SSR 02-1p)		SEP	3	2002
Ingram v. Barnhart, 303 F.3d 890 (8th Cir. 2002)		NOV	16	2002
OFFSET
See Also, Workers Compensation
Government Workers: Windfall Elimination Provision and Public Disability Benefit Reduction - Impact on Social Security Disability Benefits		FEB	3	1999
Letter to the Editor: Motor Vehicle Insurer Offset Precluded (Roberts v. Northland Insurance Company, 185 Ill. 2d 262 (1998))		APR	2	1999
GAO Report: "Social Security Administration: Revision to the Government Pension Offset Exemption Should Be Considered" (Aug. 2002)		SEP	13	2002
ONSET DATE
Letter to the Editor - Last Day at Work		JAN	2	1999
Armstrong v. Commissioner of Social Security, 160 F.3d 587 (9th Cir. 1998)		JAN	24	1999
Richardson v. Apfel, 9 F.Supp.2d 666 (N.D.Tex. 1998)		FEB	21	1999
Arroyo v. Callahan, 973 F.Supp. 397 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)		APR	12	1999
Branson v. Callahan, 14 F.Supp.2d 1089 (N.D. Iowa 1998)		JUN	11	1999
Speight v. Apfel, 108 F.Supp.2d 1087 (C.D. Cal.2000)		OCT	57	2000
Moscatiello v. Apfel, 129 F.Supp.2d 481 (E.D.N.Y. 2001)		APR	20	2001
Pilcher ex rel. Pilcher v. Massanari, 139 F.Supp.2d 966 (N.D.Ill. 2001)		JUL-AUG	20	2001
Brown v. Massanari, 167 F.Supp.2d 1015 (N.D.Ill. 2001)		DEC	18	2001
Letter to the Editor, Re: Alternative Onset Dates		FEB	2	2002
Quarles v. Barnhart, 178 F.Supp.2d 1089 (N.D.Cal,. 2001)		SEP	20	2002
Campbell v. Barnhart, 178 F.Supp.2d 123 (D.Conn. 2001)		SEP	20	2002
Floress v. Massanari, 181 F.Supp.2d 928 (N.D.Ill. 2002)		SEP	21	2002
OVERPAYMENTS
Overpayment Waiver Despite Proper Suspension of PASS Plan		MAY	16	1999
Letter to the Editor, re: Overpayment		MAY	5	2000
Bailey v. Apfel, 80 F.Supp.2d 535 (D.Md. 1999)		JUN	25	2000
Proposed Regulations Address Recovery of SSI Overpayments		OCT	53	2000
Practice Tip: Appealing Overpayments and Requesting Waivers		NOV	5	2000
Setian v. Apfel, 110 F.Supp.2d 24 (D.Mass. 2000)		JAN	27	2001
Did You Know . . . Debt Collection		MAR	58	2001
Coulston v. Apfel, 224 F.3d 897 (8th Cir. 2000)		APR	20	2001
SSI Overpayments Now Can Be Collected From Title II Benefits		SEP	9	2001
Final Rule Addresses Recovery of SSI Overpayments		JAN	12	2002
Title II Benefits and Student Loan Collection		APR	12	2002
Right to Personal Conference in SSI Overpayment Waiver Cases (Greenawalt v. Apfel)		JUL	12	2002
Available Methods for Recovering Social Security and SSI Overpayments		SEP	10	2002
GAO report: "SSA Disability: Enhanced Procedures and Guidance Could Improve Service and Reduce Overpayments to Concurrent Beneficiaries" GAO-02-802 (Sept. 2002)		SEP	13	2002
SSI Overpayment Deterrence Improves But Attention Still Needed (GAO Report 02-849, Sept. 2002)		OCT	6	2002
Proposed Rules Implement Administrative Wage Garnishment		NOV	8	2002
Practice Tip: Student Loan Collection Disability Discharge		DEC	9	2002

TOPICS - "P"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
PAIN
Brown v. Apfel, 996 F.Supp. 922 (W.D.Mo. 1998)		FEB	21	1999
Cox v. Apfel, 160 F.3d 1203 (8th Cir. 1998)		FEB	22	1999
Walker v. Callahan, 990 F.Supp. 1283 (D. Kan. 1997)		FEB	21	1999
Dwyer v. Apfel, 23 F.Supp.2d 223 (N.D.N.Y. 1998)		JUL	18	1999
Behymer v. Apfel, 45 F.Supp.2d 654 (N.D. Ind. 1999)		SEP	26	1999
High v. Apfel, 46 F.Supp.2d 961 (W.D.Mo. 1999)		SEP	26	1999
Bates v. Apfel, 69 F.Supp.2d 1143 (N.D.Iowa 1999)		MAR	55	2000
Powers v. Apfel, 207 F.3d 431 (7th Cir. 2000)		JUN	25	2000
Qualls v. Apfel, 206 F.3d 1368 (10th Cir. 2000)		JUN	26	2000
Gallivan v. Apfel, 88 F.Supp.2d 92 (W.D.N.Y. 2000)		JUL	16	2000
Kent v. Apfel, 75 F.Supp.2d 1170 (D.Kan. 1999)		SEP	16	2000
Kyle v. Apfel, 99 F.Supp.2d 227 (D.Conn. 2000)		OCT	55	2000
Laskowski v. Apfel, 100 F.Supp.2d 474 (E.D.Mich. 2000)		OCT	57	2000
Bazile v. Apfel, 113 F.Supp.2d 181 (D.Mass. 2000)		DEC	16	2000
Willis v. Apfel, 116 F.Supp.2d 971 (N.D.Ill. 2000)		DEC	16	2000
Ross v. Apfel, 218 F.3d 844 (8th Cir. 2000)		FEB	26	2001
Glenn v. Apfel, 102 F.Supp.2d 1252 (D.Kan. 2000)		MAR	59	2001
Higgins v. Apfel, 136 F.Supp.2d 971 (E.D.Mo. 2001)		JUN	16	2001
Muncy v. Apfel, 247 F.3d 728 (8th Cir. 2001)		JUN	16	2001
Daniel v. Massanari, 167 F.Supp.2d 1090 (D.Neb. 2001)		DEC	18	2001
Glomski v. Massanari, 172 F.Supp.2d 1079 (E.D.Wis. 2001)		FEB	31	2002
Practice Tip: Documenting Subjective Complaints of Pain		MAR	15	2002
Stefanopoulos v. Barnhart, 183 F.Supp.2d 1322 (D.Kan. 2002)		APR	21	2002
Nance v. Barnhart, 194 F.Supp.2d 302 (D.Del. 2002)		AUG	12	2002
Rollins v. Massanari, 261 F.3d 853 (9th Cir. 2001)		AUG	13	2002
PARTIES AT A HEARING
May a W/C Defense Attorney Attend a Social Security Hearing?		MAR	53	2000
11th Circuit Denies W/C Carriers' Request to Intervene at ALJ Hearings		JAN	12	2001
OHA Reminder: Claimant's Right to Appear at Hearing		MAR	56	2001
PASS PLANS
See Work Incentives
PAST RELEVANT WORK
See Former Work
POST-HEARING ACTIVITY
Letter to the Editor: Request for Supplemental Hearing		JAN	1	2000
OHA's Proposed Conferences: Our Response		SEP	7	2000
Practice Tip: Post-Hearing Evidence		JAN	3	2001
PRISONERS' BENEFITS
"Fugitive Felons," Probation/Parole Violators and SSI Suspension		JAN	10	2002
Update on SSI Ineligibility for "Fugitive Felons"		DEC	11	2002
PSYCHIATRIC IMPAIRMENTS
Brown v. Apfel, 996 F.Supp. 922 (W.D.Mo. 1998)		FEB	22	1999
Craig v. Apfel, 10 F.Supp.2d 966 (N.D.Ill. 1998)		FEB	22	1999
King v. Apfel, 991 F.Supp. 1101 (E.D.Mo. 1997)		FEB	22	1999
Maier v. Commissioner of SSA, 154 F.3d 913 (9th Cir. 1998)		FEB	23	1999
Crain v. Callahan, 996 F.Supp. 1003 (D.Or. 1997)		FEB	23	1999
Grant v. Social Security Administration, 17 F.Supp.2d 975 (D.Neb. 1998)		APR	12	1999
Regennitter v. Commissioner of SSA, 166 F.3d 1294 (9th Cir. 1999)		MAY	17	1999
Grubb v. Apfel, 21 F.Supp.2d 1236 (D.Kan. 1998)		JUN	11	1999
Bird v. Apfel, 43 F.Supp.2d 1286 (D.Utah. 1999)		JUL	18	1999
Birnell v. Apfel, 45 F.Supp.2d 826 (D.Kan. 1999)		SEP	27	1999
Guyton v. Apfel, 20 F.Supp.2d 156 (D.Mass. 1998)		DEC	25	1999
Gutierrez v. Apfel, 199 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2000)		MAR	55	2000
Schneider v. Commissioner of SSA, 23 F.3d 968 (9th Cir. 2000)		OCT	57	2000
Laskowski v. Apfel, 100 F.Supp.2d 474 (E.D.Mich. 2000)		DEC	16	2000
Listings Extended: Growth Impairments, Musculoskeletal, Special Senses and Speech, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Genito-Urinary System, Hemic and Lymphatic System, Skin, Endocrine System, Multiple Body Systems, Neurological, Mental Disorders, Neoplastic Diseases, Immune System		JUL-AUG	5	2001
Williams v. Apfel, 98 F.Supp.2d 625 (E.D.Pa. 2000)		JUL-AUG	5	2001
Mcbride v. Massanari, 169 F.Supp.2d 857 (N.D.Ill. 2001)		DEC	19	2001
OHA Reminders: Psychiatric Review Technique Form		FEB	5	2002

TOPICS - "Q"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
QUARTERS OF COVERAGE
2002 COLA Announced		NOV	3	2001
2003 COLA Announced		OCT	1	2002

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