0672 Treitel, Ralph. Recovery of Disabled Beneficiaries: A Social Security Administration, A comparative analysis is made of the demographic, disability, and benefit characteristics of a sample of disabled workers awarded benefits in 1972 who left the rolls because of recovery, and those who remained on the rolls. Recovery was found to be most likely among younger beneficiaries, those with more education, those disabled by injuries, and residents of Western States. Level of earnings replacement appeared to have little independent effect on recovery, although workers with medical conditions most amenable to improvement were likely to remain on the rolls if the replacement rate was high. jnl-mod. 0673 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Committee Staff Report on the Disability Insurance Program. 93rd Cong., 1st Sess. (1974). Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Administrative and cost problems of the social security disability insurance program are analyzed. Included is a consideration of the impact of supplemental security income and black lung benefits on the disability insurance program. The study contains background material, a general discussion of the issues, and findings and recommendations. pro-gen. 0674 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security. Actuarial Condition of Disability Comm. Print, WMCP: 96-5, 96th Cong., 1st Sess. (1979). Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979. 24 pp. Two reports are presented: an actuarial analysis of the social security disability insurance (DI) program by Robert J. Myers, former Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration (SSA), and a Subcommittee survey of the adjudicative climate in State disability agencies. The actuarial study stresses the difficulty of making DI cost estimates and concludes that the actuarial condition of DI has improved markedly since 1975 due to lower incidence rates. SSA is urged to continue to tighten its administrative procedures. The Subcommittee points out shortcomings in SSA relations with State agencies which could jeopardize the improved financial condition of DI. pro-gen. 0675 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security. Disability Insurance-Legislative Issue Comm. Print, WMCP: 94-132, 94th Cong., This subcommittee report addresses the effectiveness of disability insurance and identifies shortcomings in the administration of the program. It is recommended that the Social Security Administration establish a quality control system, a uniform training program, and model administrative structures and claims processing procedures. Other topics include definition of disability, work disincentives, financing of rehabilitation services, benefit termination procedures, and pending legislation. pro-gen. 0676 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security. H.R. 15630: Disability Insurance Amendments of 1976: Explanatory Material and Relevant Background Reports. Comm. Print, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. Background material and reports are presented for H.R. 15630, designed to increase financing for disability under a separate tax; provide for greater uniformity of decisionmaking by States; provide regulatory authority for the Secretary to decrease subjectivity in adjudication; eliminate work incentive problems in disability insurance; limit trust fund rehabilitation expenditures to the 1976 level (with adjustment for inflation); and authorize reimbursement for the cost of providing the medical records required for disability determinations. aab-mod. 0677 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security. Proposed Disability Insurance Amendments of 1979 (H.R. 3236). Comm. Print, WMCP: 96-15, 96th Cong., 1st Sess. (1979). Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979. 72 pp. A committee report and approval of H.R. 3236 to amend the disability insurance portion of the Social Security Act is presented. The bill, which has as its principal goals the provision of better work incentives and improved program accountability, would reduce the disparity in benefits between young and old workers; increase the trial work period from 9 to 24 months; provide a trial work period for disabled widows and widowers; exclude from substantial gainful activity determinations any work expenses incurred due to a serious impairment; and improve funding resources for vocational rehabilitation. pro-gen. pared for use by the House Committee on Ways and Means. Topics include early disability legislation; general statistics on the disability program; disability determination; claims and appeals; rehabililation services; and disability programs run by the Veterans' Administration, Civil Service, and Railroad Retirement Board. pro-gen. 0680 Van de Water, Paul N. Disability Insurance. American Economic Review, 69(2):275-278, 1979. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In a paper read at the 91st meeting of the American Economic Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 29-31, 1978, several propositions regarding the social security disability insurance (DI) program are examined. These propositions relate to DI as social insurance, the disability determination process, the sensitivity of DI to changing social and economic conditions, and the benefit structure. The hazards of phasing out DI and replacing it with an improved means-tested program are outlined. pro-gen. Section 2-Disability Determinations & Benefits This section covers materials related to the determination of eligibility under SSA's disability insurance program, to the disability adjudicative process, and to postadjudicative review of State agency performance. Additional articles on SSA's hearings and appeals process and on State Agency determinations of disability are included in Chapters 10 and 11. 0681 American Medical Association, Medical Advisory Committee to the Social Security Administration. Disability Evaluation under Social A physician's guide to medical criteria for evaluating impairment and disability under social security is presented. Included are features of the disability program relevant to physicians, the medical criteria used in examinations of selected disorders and body systems, and categories of impairments. pro-gen. 0684 Dixon, Robert G., Jr. Social Security Disability and Mass Justice: A Problem in Welfare Adjudication. (Praeger Special Studies in U.S. Economic, Social, and Political Issues) New York, NY, Praeger, 1973. 190 pp. Judicial review, due process, and discretionary benefits in the disabledworker (and dependents) social security program are reviewed, and recommendations for reducing conflict between the welfare state and the judiciary in the matter of discretionary benefits programs are suggested. Due process issues in the SSA disability program are compared with those in veterans' benefits, workmen's compensation, railroad retirement, civil service, and industrial pensions. pro-gen. 0682 Burdette, Mary E.; Mohr, Marcia. Characteristics of Social Security Insurance Beneficiaries, 1975. Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., DHEW Pub. No. SSA-80-11947, 1979. 45 pp. Demographic data on social security disability insurance applicants who were allowed benefits in 1975 is provided in graphic and tabular format. Included is allowance data on disabled workers by age, sex, education, occupation, diagnosis, mobility, and State of residence. Changes which have occurred during the preceding decade in the characteristics of those allowed benefits are examined. jnl-mod. 0685 Ferguson, Robert E. Social Security Administration, The relationships between State Bureau of Disability examiners and medical consultant staff are analyzed along with selected case characteristics. Data indicate that the opinions of State agencies and medical consultant staff differed considerably over the adequacy of medical documentation of a significant portion of initial disability claims. jnl-mod. 0683 Cone, Frederick L. Social Security Beneficiaries with (SSA/ORS, Research and Statistics Note No. 7) Washington, DC, SSA/ORS, 1979. 11 pp. The Social Security Administration appoints a representative payee to manage a beneficiary's check when it appears in the best interest of the beneficiary. This document presents data on the characteristics of all old-age, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries with representative payees as of December 31, 1976. jnl-mod. 0686 Franklin, Paula A. The Disabled Widow. Social Security Bulletin, 38(1):20-27, 1975. Social Security Administration, Awards and denials for the population of disabled widows and widowers eligible for benefits under the 1967 Social Security Act Amendments are described. Data from disability determination forms and administrative award records for 1971 were utilized. Demographic and medical information are presented and include age, sex, race, geographical distribution, diagnoses, age at onset, and mobility status. aab-mod. The effect of the substantial gainful activity (SGA) level on the work and earnings patterns of disabled social security beneficiaries is examined. Disabled beneficiaries' earnings records over a 15-year period were analyzed for correlations between SGA level increases (in 1966, 1968, and 1974) and subsequent incremental increases in beneficiary earnings. Most of the evidence indicates that the SGA level has apparently not operated as an effective work incentive. It is suggested that the allowance process rather than termination of benefits for recovery after sustained work is the key to controlling program growth. jnl-mod. 0688 Frohlich, Philip. Denied Disability Insurance Applicants: (SSATORS, Social Security Survey of the Social Security Administration, Data from the 1966 Social Security Survey of the Disabled concerning demographic, disability, income, and work experience characteristics of unsuccessful disability applicants for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) are compared with data from OASDI beneficiaries and disabled nonapplicants. Denied disability insurance applicants suffered from less severe disability, were younger, had worked for a shorter period of time, and were more likely to be female, nonwhite, and single than beneficiaries. pro-gen. 0689 Goff, Phoebe H. Disabled-Worker Beneficiaries Under Social Security Administration, Office of Research and Statistics. 0692 Lando, Mordechai E. Demographic Characteristics of Disability Applicants: Relationship to Allowances. Social Security Bulletin, Social Security Administration, Causes underlying differences in disability allowances by sex and race are highlighted. Among the causes are differences in the labor-force patterns, educational background, and age distributions of the insured and applicant populations. More than half the differences between black and white applicants in the proportion of claims allowed was explained by differences in age distributions. It is concluded that the lower proportion of claims allowed for black applicants may reflect the greater tendency of the black insured population to apply for disability insurance benefits. aab-mod. 0693 Mashaw, Jerry L.; Goetz, Charles Lexington, MA, Lexington Books, 1978. 175 PP: Funded by SSA, Contract No. 600-76-0110. Yale Law School, New Haven, CT. A study of the SSA system of hearings and appeals is presented, focusing on hearings before administrative law judges (ALJ's). Most hearings involve disability claims under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. Topics include the clinical determinations of disability which ALJ's are called upon to make, the SSA appeals process, and the problems associated with and value of judicial review of ALJ judgments. jnl-mod. 0693.1 Nagi, Saad Z. The Concept and Measurement of In: Berkowitz, E., ed., Disability Policies and Government Programs, pp. 1-15. (Praeger Special Studies) New York, NY, Praeger Publishers, 1979. 185 pp. Funded in part by DHEW. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Conceptual and operational definitions of disability are distinguished. Also examined is the need for classifying and measuring disability in an appropriate programmatic or theoretical context. The latter is discussed in general, and in terms of performance and impairmentrelated measures. pro-gen. 0693.2 Nagi, Saad Z. Congruency in Medical and Self Assessment of Disability. Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Funded in part by SSA. In interviews with disabled persons and their physicians, evaluations of capacities and limitations were obtained. This study reports on the attempt to develop interview instruments for assessing these functional capacities and limitations, measures the degree of agreement between disabled persons and physicians in such assessments, and identifies some factors associated with variations in the degree of agreement between patient and doctor. pro-gen. 0693.3 Nagi, Saad Z. Epidemiology of Disability Among Adults in the United States. Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, Funded in part by Rehabilitation As part of an epidemiological analysis of disability among adults, a scheme to explain variance in occurrence of disability was constructed and tested. Of central importance were the development of a Work Disability Index and an Independent Living Index that measured the social dimensions of disability and the construction of a Physical Performance Scale and an Emotional Performance Scale that identified the effect of limitations on individual performance. pro-gen. 0694 Treitel, Ralph. 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