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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698874703321

Titolo

Social security disability [[electronic resource] ] : collection of medical evidence could be improved with evaluations to identify promising collection practices : report to the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

58 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Social security - United States

Disability insurance - United States

Disability evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 21, 2008).

"December 17, 2008"--P.1.

"GAO-09-149."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

[GAO] 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.