SS Administration Moves to Digitally Process Disability Payments

The digital age has modernized a lot of things from phones, to computers, to appliances and even cars and in some ways, it has made life easier. A lot of people expect everything to be done in a snap and some do deliver while some don’t. One of the latest organizations that can be added to the roster who utilizes high tech gadgets is the Social Security Administration.

February 2009 is the much awaited date when Social Security will collaborate with a number of healthcare providers such as Kaiser Permanente, Med Virginia and the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance to modify the procedure of a person requesting for their disability claims. This innovative method is anticipated to be a faster way of redeeming funds since it is said to do the job in minutes rather than in several months.

This alliance with various healthcare providers is a part of the Federal Government’s motivation to create a network for nationwide health information with the objective to digitally link up purchasers, contributors and those who supports the importance of not only health but healthcare as well.

The SSA’s Senior Adviser, Debbie Somers, said that nowadays the handling of a disability claim usually takes 2 to 3 months and it takes that long because waiting for the medical records to be released takes quite some time.

The Industry Standard interviewed Jeff Odell, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Med Virginia, and according to him this new process “is truly revolutionary.” He also said that the old course of action is a lengthy and painstaking process and that with this new electronic system, the work can be cut in seconds instead of having to wait for weeks. “We are confident that more providers will want to take this same approach,” Odell said. “Doing so helps their patients by expediting the disability determination process while lowering the administrative burden.”

Hopefully it will lighten the load of not only those who process the papers and the records but those who are anticipating their SS payments as well. Change is good but efficiency and satisfaction is always better.

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