Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices

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Title

Main Title Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices

Creator

Author: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Creator Type: Organization

Publisher

Name: United States. Government Accountability Office.

Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

Creation: 2008-12-17

Language

English

Description

Content Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The timely collection of relevant medical evidence from providers, such as physicians and psychologists, is key to the Social Security Administration (SSA) process for deciding whether an estimated 2.5 million new claimants each year have impairments that qualify them to receive disability benefits. The initial determinations are generally made by state agencies called Disability Determination Services (DDSs). We evaluated: (1) the challenges, if any, in collecting medical records from the claimants' own providers and ways SSA and the DDSs are responding to these challenges; (2) the challenges, if any, in obtaining high-quality consultative exams and ways SSA and the DDSs are responding to these challenges; and (3) the progress SSA has made in moving from paper to electronic collection of medical evidence. We surveyed 51 DDS directors, visited 5 state DDSs, reviewed sample case files, and interviewed officials with SSA, DDSs, and associations for claimants and providers."

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
Keyword: worker and family assistance
Keyword: social security disability
Keyword: letter report

Coverage

Place Name: United States

Collection

Name: Government Accountability Office Reports

Code: GAORT

Institution

Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Code: UNTGD

Rights

Rights License: pd

Resource Type

Report

Format

Text

Identifier

Report No.: GAO-09-149
Accession or Local Control No: 284437
URL: http://gao.gov/products/GAO-09-149
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc301719