Social Security accelerates decision-making process for those with severe disabilities.
The SSA’s Compassionate Allowances program identifies claims where an applicant’s condition or disease clearly meets its statutory standard for disability, the agency said in a press release. Because of the severe nature of these conditions, the claims are often allowed based on medical confirmation of the diagnosis.
Social Security adds 12 new conditions to the program.
Social Security’s Health IT brings the speed and efficiency of electronic medical records to the disability determination process,” the SSA said. “With electronic records transmission, Social Security can quickly obtain a claimant’s medical information, review it, and make a fast determination.”
About 800,000 people with severe disabilities have been approved through this accelerated process, the SSA said. The program permits a total of 266 conditions.
The SSA announced 12 new conditions that are eligible for Compassionate Allowances. To see the new conditions and read the full article, click on the link below ⬇️
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0hS7RW0X?pd=08u80USE&lang=en_US&s=i16
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