The SSA announced a significant operational change this week that will reshape how disability benefit eligibility is reviewed across the United States. The agency confirmed that medical Continuing ...

Arch Insurance North America (Arch Insurance) today announced it has released its 2026 State Disability & Paid Family Leave Reference Guide. This robust resource provides employers and benefits ...

The Social Security Administration will centralize disability benefit reviews nationwide, a major shift aimed at improving accountability, speeding decisions, and reducing backlogs for millions of ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced the agency will transition the processing of medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) from State Disability ...

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

We often are asked how an employer’s existing short-term disability (“STD”) policy will interact with new state medical leave programs. While we advise clients on the interaction with programs in many ...

Short-term disability is a type of government-run insurance or employer benefit that gives you income replacement for a temporary period when you are unable to work due to a covered illness, injury, ...

Americans with disabilities face unique challenges. Applying for disability benefits should not be one of them. As the Chief for Disability Adjudication for the United States Social Security ...

Changes like the push to online servicing and introduction of AI on SSA phone lines made it difficult for certain recipients to access the agency.

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