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Rights as a Medicare Beneficiary Regarding Hospital Discharge Planning

GBLS
Rights as a Medicare Beneficiary Regarding Hospital Discharge Planning 

Advocacy in a Post-HIPAA World

Hilary Sohmer Dalin
Advocates now must determine whether or not they have the legal status to require the entity in question to disclose protected health information.

Model Community Service Plan for PHAs

Food Stamps for Legal Immigrants: MIRA Coalition Q&A on Who's Eligible

Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition

Advocates' Guide to the Public Housing Community Service/Self Sufficiency Requirement in Massachusetts

Deborah Harris, MLRI

2004 Social Security COLA (SSA Fact Sheet)

SSA
Additional information at https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/.

Observational Statement from Homeless Shelter/Outreach Worker

DDS Advisory C'tee Homeless Sub-C'tee
Form to be filled out by a shelter or outreach worker to support homeless applicants for SSI or SSDI. Also used by some Disability Determination Services examiners.

Lab Tests Online

Activites of Daily Living Form for Homeless Applicants

DDS

Advocating on Behalf of SSI Claimants (National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, 7/02)

NLCHP

Extended Medicare for SSDI Beneficiaries who Work (Word)

VCU-BARC

Extended Medicare for SSDI Beneficiaries who Work (pdf)

VCU-BARC

Final Rule: Elimination of Sanctions for Refusal of Vocational Rehabilitation (68 Fed. Reg. 40119, July 7, 2003)

SSA
SSA SUMMARY: We are amending our regulations to remove provisions relating to the imposition of benefit sanctions on account of a beneficiary's refusal of rehabilitation services. We are making these changes to reflect the repeal of sections 222(b) and 1615(c) of theSocial Security Act (the…

National Institutes of Health

Social Security Ruling 03-1p.; Development and Evaluation of Disability Claims Involving Postpolio Sequelae, 68 Fed.Reg. 39611 (

SSA

Lancellotta v. Sec'y HHS, 806 F.2d 284 (1st Cir. 1986)

1st Cir.
stress; mental impairments; individualized assessment of residual functional capacity.

Evangelista v. Sec'y HHS, 826 F.2d 136 (1st Cir. 1987)

1st Cir.
remand; good cause

Q & A - Criminal Prosecution of Institutional Residents by Staff

Susan Stefan
Criminal Prosecution of Institutional Residents by Staff Prepared for TEAC/NAPAS Susan Stefan Center for Public Representation July, 2003 Question: My client is being prosecuted by a staff member at the hospital where he resides for assault arising out of a struggle during a restraint…

Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown

Wolfson, District Judge
>Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown In a case that received widespread media attention, a federal court in New Jersey issued an injunction prohibiting a school district from implementing a new policy allowing for multiple valedictorians at high school graduation ceremonies. The policy had been…

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Immune System Disorders (68 Fed. Reg. 24896, 5/9/

SSA

Link to HIPAA Information on HHS Office of Civil Rights Website

HHS OCR

McDonald v. Sec. HHS, 795 F.2d 1118 (1st Cir. 1986)

west
Leading 1st Circuit SSI/SSDI case discussing the severity standard at step 2 of the sequesntial evaluation process.

Q&A on HIPAA from National Health Law Program (April, 2003)

NHeLP
Fact sheet on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from National Health Law Program

Social Security Ruling 99-3p: EVALUATION OF DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS IN INITIAL CLAIMS FOR INDIVIDUALS AGE 65 OR OLDER

SSA
This Ruling has been superceded by SSR 03-03p.

Avery v. Sec. HHS, 797 F.2d 19 (1st Cir. 1986)

west
Leading 1st Circuit Social Security case on pain and the factors to be considered in analyzing pain in the disability determination process.

EAEDC Caseload by DTA Local Office

DTA
Tables and chart of DTA's EAEDC caseload by TAO (local office), from February 1997 through April 2003, in PDF and Excel spreadsheet.

HIPAA and the Social Security Administration

DLC/SSA
Information about the applicability of the HIPAA Privacy regulations to the Social Security Administration. The medical record and health information privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) went into effect on April 14, 2003. In order to comply…

Effect of Defaulted Student Loans on Return to Work Efforts (Cornell Policy and Practice Brief)

Hager and Cebula
This brief describes types of student loans that exist and effects or defaulted student loans on individuals benefits. Reviewed are increased efforts to collect on defaulted student loans as well as remedies to take a loan out of default.

*SSA Plans to Revise Rules for Evaluating Mental Disorders

DLC
TO: Individuals with disabilities, advocates, disability-rights leaders, and parents.FROM: Troy Justesen, Associate Director for Domestic PolicySSA has published a notice of intent to update and revise the rules that we use to evaluate mental disorders of adults and children who apply for, or…

Link to Committee for Public Counsel Services (MA Public Defenders)

DLC
Committee for Public Counsel Services website: https://www.publiccounsel.net/ Contact CPCS for assistance with clearing up Massachusetts-based default warrants and probation violations. Clients must meet indigency standards in SJC Rule 3:10 (see…

MLRI REPORT: "The Wrong Idea at the Wrong Time: ...Work Requirement for Parents with Pre-School Children"

Deborah Harris, MLRI

SSI Ineligibility for "Fleeing Felons"

DLC
Fleeing Felon Denials and Suspensions of SSI Benefits Require Showing of the Intent to Flee. The so-called fugitive or fleeing felon provision of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.

Final Rule with Request for Comment: Video Teleconferencing Appearances before Administrative Law Judges (68 Fed. Reg. 5210, Fe

SSA
SSA's description of the new rule: We are revising our rules to allow us to conduct hearings before administrative law judges (ALJs) at which a party or parties to the hearing and/or a witness or witnesses may appear before the ALJ by video teleconferencing (VTC). The revised rules provide that…

Training and Employment Notice No. 6-02 (Jan. 6, 2003) - RE: Ticket to Work and its Relationship to the One Stop System

Office of Workforce Administration
Notice issued by the Office of Workforce Investment in the U.S. Department of Labor. The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice is to provide information to the workforce investment system on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program and how it impacts the One-Stop system.

Fact Sheet: FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

DOL
Department of Labor information on the basic provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The law contains provisions on employer coverage; employee eligibility for the law's benefits; entitlement to leave, maintenance of health benefits during leave, and job restoration after leave;…

Residual Functional Capacity Forms for Child's SSI Cases (1)

DLC
There are 2 versions here: one with only RFC questions and the other with RFC and basic medical evaluation questions. Both are in MS Word and Wordperfect.

A Long History of Affirmative Action - For Whites

California Newsreel
From the article: Many middle-class white people, especially those of us from the suburbs, like to think that we got to where we are today by virtue of our merit - hard work, intelligence, pluck, and maybe a little luck. And while we may be sympathetic to the plight of others, we close down when…

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

National Academy of Sciences
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the…

2002 report from Special Commission on Uncompensated Care

SSA Homelessness Plan (October, 2002) and Press Release by National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

SSA; NLCHP

Hepatitis Central Website

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

This is the statute creating the Ticket to Work.

Click here to see what a Ticket to Work looks like

American Board of Medical Specialties

Website for looking up specialty certifications of doctors.

SSA Psychiatric Review Technique Form (PRTF), SSA 2506-BK, 6/2001

SSA
Form used by SSA (DDS doctors and ALJs) in assessing mental impairments. The form, which was revised in 2001 after the revision of the mental impairments listings, tracks the mental impairment listings.

Evaluation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (POMS DI 24515.075)

Glossary of Medical-Vocational Terms (POMS DI 25001.001)

SSA

New Ruling: SSR 02-2p Evaluation of Interstitial Cystitis (pdf)

What Do I Do with My Ticket to Work?

DLC
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY TICKET TO WORK? IT’S UP TO YOU!!! NOTHING! You don’t have to do anything with it. If you don’t use your ticket, you will not see any change in your Social Security or SSI benefits. DO YOU WANT TO WORK? If you are considering returning to work you can talk with a “benefits…

Gisbrecht v. Barnhart (U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Attorney Fees, 2002)