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How to Fight an SSI or Social Security Disability Overpayment Notice
Is the Social Security Administration charging you with an overpayment? If so, Social Security believes that you got benefits when you were not eligible to get them. They must notify you in writing of the overpayment before they may take…
2014 Disability Employment Awareness Month event aims to empower
Congress designated each October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). The Office of Disability Employment Policy has the lead in planning NDEAM activities and materials to increase the public’s awareness of the contributions and skills of American workers with…
Medicare To Pay Physicians To Provide Care Coordination Services
Medicare in January 2015 plans to begin paying physicians a monthly fee to coordinate the care of beneficiaries with chronic diseases, in an effort to improve continuity of care, the New York Times reports. For each beneficiary with two or more chronic conditions…
Report: Social Security Lifts Hundreds Of Thousands Of Illinoisans Out Of Poverty
The “modest benefits” provided under the Social Security program were enough to boost 807,000 Illinoisans out of poverty in 2012, including 585,000 seniors, according to a new report released by Social Security Works and the Alliance for Retired Americans. At the national level, 22 million people,…
The ‘Tiny House Movement’ and ‘Binge Saving’: The New Retirement
Retirement statistics. One out of five individuals near retirement, or between the ages of 55 and 64, have absolutely zero money saved, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households. That’s 20 percent. Unfortunately, most people aren’t…
Unraveling the mystery of Social Security retirement benefits
There is no escaping the Social Security question. With the Baby Boomer generation retiring, Social Security is becoming a hot topic. Social Security was designed in 1935 to provide older Americans with an income stream after retiring. They established a system…
Home Instead, Heritage Health offer Medicare workshop
The local Home Instead Senior Care office is partnering with Heritage Health to offer a training to seniors and their families on the Medicare program. The training will include such topics as how to understand Medicare eligibility and enrollment requirements and…
Hospitals to see Medicare payments tied more to readmission rates
Scrolling through a slew of files stored on his desktop, James Messerschmidt looked for an updated list of home-care providers. As the social worker specifically assigned to the emergency department at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Messerschmidt’s goal is to give his…
Webb County Heritage Foundation celebrate Sisters of Mercy
LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) — The Webb County Heritage Foundation has opened up a new exhibit to celebrate an organization with roots of more than a century in Laredo. A new display for the Sisters of Mercy shows artifacts, photos and information…
Petition Aims To Stop Medicare’s Use Of Social Security Numbers
Syndicated talk show host Clark Howard says the identities of some 60 million senior citizens on Medicare is put in jeopardy by the government’s practice of using Social Security numbers as Medicare I-D numbers. He says half of all identity theft happens…