In November of 2019, the SSA proposed 84 FR 63588. This rule was designed to add a category to the existing medical diary categories which are used to schedule Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs). The rule would have also revised the criteria for assigning each of the medical diary categories to […]
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Even though you won your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits claim, there will be one last review before the Social Security Administration (SSA) pays you. This review is financial in nature (not related to your medical condition) and is known as the Pre-effectuation Review Contact or PERC.
Georgia State University College of Law once again was ranked #1 in health law by U.S. News and World Report. O’Brien & Feiler and proud GSU supporters, and attorney Thomas O’Brien is a GSU law school alumni.
An article discussing whether long lasting residual COVID symptoms qualify as a disabling condition under Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) rules.
At O’Brien & Feiler, we understand how challenging it is to be out of work, attempting to seek expensive medical care, and having to fight hard for badly-needed benefits. For more than two decades, O’Brien & Feiler (OBF) have been helping disabled people get their SSD and SSI benefits.
Living with a disability can be a challenge, especially if you are unable to work. Sometimes an illness increases into a long term health situation, and sometimes an unexpected event or injury causes irreparable harm. If that illness or injury prevents you from working, a Marietta Disability Lawyer may be able to assist.
At O’Brien & Feiler (OBF), we address every important detail of your claim for Social Security Disability and SSI Benefits.
From: https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/#10-2020-1 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 1.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2021. Increased […]
As we quickly head through summer toward fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes are taking place, but the needs of our country’s disabled have not changed. Attempts to flatten the curve have considerably altered work, educational, and pleasure activities, and in many cases not for the […]
Georgia Judicial Alert – Supreme Court Decision in Bowden III On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion in the case of Bowden v. The Medical Center (and vice versa). The decision in this case addresses the use of chargemaster rates when filing medical provider liens […]