Regulations On Evaluation Of Medical Evidence Advance

<br /><br />     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared Social Security's proposed final regulations on evaluation of medical evidence. Here is the agency's summary of the regulations:<br /><br /><br />We are proposing several revisions to our medical evidence rules. The <br />proposals include redefining several key terms related to evidence, <br />revising our list of acceptable medical sources (AMS), revising how

Regulations On Evaluation Of Medical Evidence Advance

     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared Social Security's proposed final regulations on evaluation of medical evidenc...

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Program Uniformity Rules To Become Final

<br /><br />     Social Security is publishing final rules on Ensuring Program Uniformity at the Hearing and Appeals Council Levels of the Administrative Review Process in the Federal Register tomorrow. These will be effective on January 15 but "compliance is not required until May 1, 2017" which is an odd way of doing things. These rules state that, with some exceptions, all evidence must be submitted at

Program Uniformity Rules To Become Final

     Social Security is publishing final rules on Ensuring Program Uniformity at the Hearing and Appeals Council Levels of the Administrativ...

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Evaluation Of Medical Evidence Regulations Sent To OMB

<br /><br />     The Social Security Administration has sent proposed final rules on the evaluation of medical evidence to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. To come into effect before the change of administrations, the regulations would have to be approved by OMB and published in the Federal Register by December 20.<br />     Here's what I picked out of the proposed regulations when they

Evaluation Of Medical Evidence Regulations Sent To OMB

     The Social Security Administration has sent proposed final rules on the evaluation of medical evidence to the Office of Management and ...

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Gun Control Regulations Approved

<br /><br /><br /><br />     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared new Social Security regulations that will have the agency passing along information on claimants who have representative payees to the database used to prevent some individuals from purchasing firearms. Expect these final regulations to appear in the Federal Register shortly and to come info effect before inauguration day. However, it

Gun Control Regulations Approved

     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared new Social Security regulations that will have the agency passing along informati...

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Regs On Submission Of Evidence Approved

<br /><br />     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared Social Security's proposed "Program Uniformity" regulations. Social Security says these will address:<br /><br />1) the time-frame for notifying claimants of a hearing date;<br />2) the information in our hearing notices;<br />3) the period when we require claimants to inform us about or submit <br />written evidence, written statements, objections to the

Regs On Submission Of Evidence Approved

     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared Social Security's proposed "Program Uniformity" regulations. Social...

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Unsuccessful Work Attempt Regulations Improved

<br /><br />     This is Social Security's summary of new rules it recently published in the Federal Register:<br /><br /><br />The <br />final <br />rules at <br />20 CFR 404.1574(c), 404.1575(d), 416.974(c), and 416.975(d)<br />remove the additional conditions that we used<br />when <br />we <br />evaluated<br />a work attempt in <br />employment or self-employment that lasted<br />between 3 and 6 months<br />and <br />use the current 3-month standard for all work attempts that

Unsuccessful Work Attempt Regulations Improved

     This is Social Security's summary of new rules it recently published in the Federal Register: The final rules at 20 CFR 404.1574(c)...

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New Somatoform Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.07 <br />Somatic symptom and related disorders<br />(see 12.00B6), satisfied by A and <br />B <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of <br />one<br />or more of the following: <br /><br />          1. Symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function <br />that are <br />not better <br />explained by another medical or mental disorder; <br /><br />        2. One

New Somatoform Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.07 Somatic symptom and related disorders (see ...

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New Personality Disorder Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.08 <br />Personality and impulse-control disorders<br />(see 12.00B7), satisfied by A and <br />B: <br /><br />     A. Medical documentation of<br />a pervasive pattern of <br />one<br />or more of the following: <br /><br />          1. Distrust and suspiciousness of others; <br /><br />          2. Detachment from social relationships; <br /><br />          3. Disregard

New Personality Disorder Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.08 Personality and impulse-control disorders (...

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New Neurodevelopmental Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.11 <br />Neurodevelopmental disorders<br />(see 12.00B9), satisfied by A and B: <br /><br />     A. Medical documentation of the requirements of paragraph 1, 2, or 3: <br /><br />          1. <br />One<br />or both of the following: <br /><br />           a. Frequent distractibility, difficulty sustaining attention, and difficulty <br />organizing <br />tasks; or

New Neurodevelopmental Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.11 Neurodevelopmental disorders (see 12.00B9),...

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New Childhood Listings For Depression, Bipolar And Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings for children: <br /><br /><br />112.04<br />Depressive, bipolar and related <br />disorders <br />(see 112.00B3), for children age 3 <br />to attainment of age 18, satisfied by A and <br />B, or A and C:  <br /><br />     A. Medical documentation of the <br />requirements of paragraph 1, 2, or 3:  <br /><br />          1. Depressive disorder, characterized by <br />five <br />or more of the following: <br /><br />

New Childhood Listings For Depression, Bipolar And Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings for children: 112.04 Depressive, bipolar and related disorders (see 112.00B3)...

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New Neurocognitive Listing

<br /><br />     From Social Security's new Listings of impairments for mental disorders effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.02 <br />Neurocognitive disorders<br />(see 12.00B1), satisfied by A and B, or A and C: <br /><br />     <br />A. Medical documentation of a significant cognitive decline from a prior level of <br />functioning in <br />one<br />or more of the cognitive areas: <br /><br />          1. Complex attention; <br /><br />          2. Executive

New Neurocognitive Listing

     From Social Security's new Listings of impairments for mental disorders effective January 17, 2017: 12.02 Neurocognitive disorders ...

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New Autism Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.10 <br />Autism spectrum disorder<br />(see 12.00B8), satisfied by A <br />and<br />B: <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of<br />both<br />of the following: <br /><br />      1. Qualitative deficits in verbal communication, nonverbal communication, and <br />social interaction; and <br /><br />       2. Significantly restricted, repetitive patterns of

New Autism Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.10 Autism spectrum disorder (see 12.00B8), sat...

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New PTSD Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.15 <br />Trauma-and [so in the original] stressor-related  disorders<br />(see 12.00B11), satisfied by A and <br />B, or A and C: <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of<br />all<br />of the following: <br /><br />          1. Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or violence; <br /><br />        2. Subsequent involuntary

New PTSD Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.15 Trauma-and [so in the original] stressor-re...

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New Eating Disorder Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings: <br /><br /><br />12.13 <br />Eating disorders<br />(see 12.00B10), satisfied by A and B: <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of<br />a <br />persistent alteration in eating or eating-related <br />behavior that results in a change in consumption or absorption of food and that <br />significantly impairs physical or psychological health<br />. <br /><br />AND <br /><br />     B. Extreme limitation of one, or

New Eating Disorder Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings: 12.13 Eating disorders (see 12.00B10), satisfied by A and B:      A. Medical...

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New Schizophrenia Listing

<br />     From the new mental impairment Listings: <br /><br /><br />12.03 <br />Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders<br />(see 12.00B2), <br />satisfied by A and B, or A and C: <br />     A. Medical documentation of <br />one<br />or more of the following: <br />          1. Delusions or hallucinations; <br />          2. Disorganized thinking <br />(speech); or <br />          3. Grossly disorganized behavior or catatonia. <br />     AND <br />     B.

New Schizophrenia Listing

     From the new mental impairment Listings: 12.03 Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (see 12.00B2), satisfied by A and B...

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New Mental Impairment Listings

<br /><br /><br />     To my surprise, Social Security has published new mental impairment Listings as final rules. I wasn't expecting them until after the election because that's what they said they planned to do. These are not effective until January. I'll post excerpts from them as I have time.<br />     Here are the new intellectual disability Listings:<br /><br /><br /><br />12.05 Intellectual disorder(see 12.00B4), satisfied by A

New Mental Impairment Listings

     To my surprise, Social Security has published new mental impairment Listings as final rules. I wasn't expecting them until after th...

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Final Rules On Exclusion Of Evidence

<br />     The following new final rules will appear in the Federal Register tomorrow: <br /><br /><br />§ 404.1503b Evidence from excluded medical sources<br />of evidence.<br /><br />     (a) General. <br />We will not consider evidence from the following medical sources <br />excluded under section 223(d)(5)(C)<br />(i)<br />of the Social Security Act (Act), as amended, <br />unless we find good cause under paragraph (b) of this section: <br /><br />         (1)

Final Rules On Exclusion Of Evidence

     The following new final rules will appear in the Federal Register tomorrow: § 404.1503b Evidence from excluded medical sources of evide...

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NPRM On Evidence In Disability Claims

<br /><br />     What immediately jumps out at me from a 176 page Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) that Social Security is publishing in the Federal Register tomorrow:<br /><br />We propose to revise our rules in 20 CFR 404.1504 and 416.904 to state that we <br />will not provide any analysis in our determinations and <br />decisions about how we consider <br />decisions made by other governmental agencies or nongovernmental

NPRM On Evidence In Disability Claims

     What immediately jumps out at me from a 176 page Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) that Social Security is publishing in the Federa...

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New Mental Impairment Listings Approved But Won't Be Published Until December

<br /><br />     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished reviewing Social Security's proposed amendments to the agency's Listings on mental illness and intellectual disability and has approved them. The Listings are a major part of Social Security's policies on evaluating mental illness in disability claims. <br /><br />     The process that produced this dates all the way back to 2003. This

New Mental Impairment Listings Approved But Won't Be Published Until December

     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished reviewing Social Security's proposed amendments to the agency's Listings...

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