Episode 2 – Ethics, Mental Illness, and SSI Fee Withholding
Social Security Disability Law Weekly is a podcast devoted to issues in Social Security Disability Law. Discussion is focused on Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments. The podcast is hosted by Steven Butler of Linarducci & Butler, PA.
Episode 2 focuses on: preparation for “Can Social Security Disability Help Your Client?” seminar; importance of following prescribed treatment in mental illness claims; the durational requirement of the Social Security Administration disability programs; enactment of new law allowing Social Security to continue to directly pay fees for SSI representation; impact of incarceration on disability benefits; and, the Social Security Administration hearing backlog. Download Podcast or press play below.
Show Notes:
- Now Available in iTunes (subscribe in iTunes)
This Week’s Topics:
- Issues During Week in Disability Law Practice
- Preparation for Social Security Disability Ethics Presentation
- Discussion about Delaware State Bar Association CLE on “Can Social Security Disability Help Your Client?” (Registration Form)
- Mental Illness and Disability Benefits
- The Law versus the Reality and the Importance of Following Prescribed Treatment
- Durational Requirement of the Social Security Administration Disability Programs
- Reviews requirement to have Medically Determinable Impairment that is expected to last at least 12 Months or result in death
- Social Security News (Discussion of Topics Reported in the News and Blogs this Week)
- HR 4532 – Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010 signed into law February 27, 2010
- Explanation of provisions of new law
- Makes Permanent Attorney Fee Withholding in SSI Claims
- Makes Permanent Program that Allows Qualified Non-Attorneys to be Directly Paid for Representation of Clients in SSI and SSDI Claims
- Explanation of provisions of new law
- SSDI & SSI During and After Incarceration
- Discussion of Blog Post by Jonathon Ginsberg – explaining eligibility for disability payments while incarcerated
- Social Security Disability Hearing Backlog Has Declined
- Focuses on Charles Hall’s stories about reduction of hearing backlog and observations of how this impacts Delaware Administrative Law Judge Hearings
- Disability Blog Roundups
- Bi-Monthly Social Security Disability Roundup by Gordon Gates
- Monthly Social Security Disability Roundup by Aaron Rifkind
Closing Credits:
- Contact Steve Butler to Discuss Social Security Disability Law Weekly
- DelawareDisability.com Contact Form
- Email: Steve@SSAlaw.us
- Twitter: @DisabilityGuy
I hope you enjoyed the second episode. Episode 1 is still available. Please feel free to give me any feedback for improving future episodes. If you enjoy the podcast, you can subscribe in iTunes.
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