Apr 18, 2008

An Oldie But A Goodie On ME Usage

Attorneys who represent claimants before the Social Security Administration and who wonder about how Medical Experts (MEs) are selected for hearings may want to take a look at an old report from GAO (General Accounting Office at that time, now called the Government Accountability Office) entitled "Action Needed to Improve Use of Medical Experts at Hearings." Interesting reading. I think that there may be many instances across the country where the agency is not in compliance with the standards suggested by this report.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There is some point here? Please elaborate. Oh wait, maybe you have misssion to make the government pay WAY MORE for MEs and VEs at hearings? Yeah, that'll happen.