Documenting Disability

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* 1. Health Care providers should:

Play an active role in routinely documenting patients’ medical impairments

Refer explicitly to medical criteria for disability specified in the SSA’s Listing of Impairments

Assure patients they can get SSI benefits no matter what

both A and B

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* 2. Which statement is FALSE regarding homeless patients who apply for SSI/SSDI?

People with disabilities constitute much of the chronically homeless population in America

Homelessness has no effect on a person’s existing or co-occurring medical conditions

Homeless patients who qualify for SSI/SSDI have an increased chance of accessing consistent housing and healthcare, and achieving stability

Approximately 30% of the homeless population in America has serious mental disorders

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* 3. The six (6) parts to the SSI/SSDI application process are:

Intent to File, Application, Allowance, Continuing Disability Review (CDR), Appearing Before a Judge, Talking to a Social Worker

Intent to File, Application, Presumptive Disability (PD), Providing a Legal History, Appearing Before a Judge, Allowance

Intent to File, Application, Presumptive Disability (PD), Disability Determination, Allowance, Continuing Disability Review (CDR)

Intent to File, Application, Appearing Before a Judge, Talking to a Social Worker, Allowance, Continuing Disability Review (CDR)

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* 4. Which of the following may document a patient’s medical history for SSI/SSDI application?

Licensed physicians

Qualified speech and language pathologists

Any physician, Ph. D. psychologist, or other acceptable medical source with an ongoing treatment relationship with the claimant (MD, DO, OD, Ph. D.)

all of the above

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* 5. Which statement is TRUE about the Disability Determination Process?

There are 5 steps to the Disability Determination Process

A claimant, once denied, cannot ever appeal or re-apply again

Those claimants still earning an income will always be able to receive supplemental income through the Disability Determination Process

Letters of support from medical resources such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Social Workers are considered to be an annoyance and of no value to the Disability Determination Process, and should not be part of an application

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* 6. Which is NOT a barrier for homeless applicants and their providers in the SSI/SSDI application process?

Inadequate time for the physician to spend with the patient to create a relationship

Options for appeals at each stage

Problematic consultative exams

Confusion about the process

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* 7. The Disability Evaluation Under Social Security is…

Also known as “The Blue Book”

Only available online

Essential for clinicians supporting disability applications

all of the above

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* 8. Groups barred from Federal Disability Benefits include:

The mentally ill

Homeless patients

Non-documented immigrants

School teachers

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* 9. Patients with substance use/abuse:

Should never apply for SSI or SSDI

Should be sober before beginning the application process

Need the same medical evidence of impairment as other applicants

Don’t have checking accounts for SSA to send monthly funds

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* 10. Ways to best elicit helpful responses from homeless claimants for the purpose of documenting disability include:

Being candid and helpful when asking about problems that may qualify a patient for SSI/SSDI

Using open-ended statements such as “Tell me more about your story”

Letting your patients know that this process could help them receive income and housing

All of the above