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Category: Social Security Disability

Is it Okay to Return to Work While You Are Waiting for Social Security Benefits?

August 31, 2016
Oxner
Many of my Social Security disability clients express their desire to return to work while they are waiting for their hearing. This is understandable because hearing wait times can be very long, with many claimants forced to wait two years or more. Some clients want to work part-time out of dire financial need. Others feel […]
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One year later, Social Security still doesn’t get it

November 21, 2008
Oxner
About one year ago, CBS News did an interview with the Commissioner of Social Security, Michael Astrue. CBS wanted to know why so many applicants waited so long to get a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge. Commissioner Astrue says the right things and seems to be dedicated to decreasing the time it takes to […]
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Is Social Security Going Digital?

December 6, 2008
Oxner
According to Government Health IT, the Social Security Administration is considering new programs that would allow its Disability Determination Services to gather medical records electronically. Right now, the disability determinations are made from paper records provided by doctors and hospitals. The story indicates that this is a huge expense to the government – costing over […]
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Social Security Disability Backlogs Exist Nationally

January 14, 2009
Oxner
A newspaper in Oregon recently had a great article about Social Security Disability backlogs. The Oregonian submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Social Security Administration and interviewed several Administrative Law Judges to try to understand why it takes a claimant 650 days to get a Judge’s decision in Portland while the national […]
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Understanding SSA Denial Paperwork

June 16, 2009
Oxner
It has finally been recognized that the Social Security Administration needs to provide more detail in denial notices. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that denied claimants sometimes received communications with inconsistent or hard-to-understand information. Medical sources and reports were not clearly linked to how a determination was made. The SSA generally agreed with […]
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