Social Security Act

PRESCRIBED DISEASE A discasc prescribed for the purpose of payment of disablement benefit under the Social Security Act 1975 and the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 and subsequent amendments. (Conditions due to physical agents, biological agents and miscellaneous conditions are classified in addition to conditions due to chemical... 

Pharmacists as medicare providers CMS recognizes specific groups of health care professionals as providers of Medicare services. Examples of these professionals are physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse midwives, and clinical social workers (Social Security Administration, 2007). Each of these professionals may apply to become a provider with Medicare. Unfortunately, if a health care provider is not recognized within the Social Security Act, then he or she cannot be recognized as a provider (Snella et al., 2004). 

President John F. Kermedy made Medicare a major election issue in 1960, but it was not unhl Lyndon Johnson achieved a landslide victory, accompanied by Democrahc control of Congress, thaf another defining step was taken in the history of health insurance coverage. In 1965, Congress amended the Social Security Act to implement Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid to help states pay for health services for their very low-income parents and children. 

The second major change in the nation s health policy during this fourth phase in the evolution of pharmacy practice was the establishment of fhe Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965, as amendmenfs fo fhe Social Security Act. 

Social Security Act. This section of the legislation covers inpatient hospitalization, critical access hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, hospice care, and limited home healthcare. Critical access hospitals are small facilities that provide limited outpatient care and inpatient services to individuals in rural areas. 

Social Security Act. http //www.ssa.gov/OP Flome/ssact/ comp toc.htm, accessed April 2001. 

The role of demanding and promoting elements (Fordern und Fordern) differ with respect to individual rights and obligations between unemployment insurance (Third Book of the Social Security Act, SGB HI) and basic income support (Second Book of the Social Security Act, SGB II). 

SGB II Sozialgesetzbuch II Second Book of the German Social Security Act... 

In the US, unemployment insurance (UI) is a joint federal-state programme that provides workers with temporary partial wage replacement in the event of involuntary job loss. The UI statute was enacted as part of the broader Social Security Act in response to the high levels of unemployment experienced during the Great... 

The Federal Unemployment Tax Act of 1939 (P.L.76-379) (hereafter FUTA) and Titles III, IX, and XII of the Social Security Act of 1935 form the framework of the system. FUTA imposes certain mandates on states as a condition of their receipt of federal administrative funds and tax rebates. The two most important among them are a federally determined minimum wage base and the use of firm-level experience rating. FUTA imposes a 6.2% gross tax rate on the first USD... 

The PPRS is a nonstatutory arrangement in which confidential profit negotiations are held between individual companies and the PPRS Secretariat on behalf of the Ministry of Health. This plan, which has existed in various forms since 1957, was designed for two purposes 1) to ensure that safe and effective medicines are available to the NHS on reasonable terms and 2) to ensure that the Department of Health and Social Security acts as a sponsor for the drug companies to maintain the industry as one of the United Kingdom s healthiest and most profitable (84). 

Medicaid A government medical assistance program that pays for medical expenses for the poor and certain other classes of uninsured people, established by the Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965. Each State administers its own program. Medicaid is funded by both the State and Federal governments. 

A 1967 amendment to the regulations of the Social Security Act restated For purposes of this subsection, a physical or mental impairment is an impairment that results from anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. In 1976, this fictitious truth —plainly inconsistent... 

Medicaid a federal program administered and operated individually by participating state and territorial governments which provides medical benefits to eligible low income persons needing health care. The program s costs are shared by the federal and state governments. (Established under Title XIX of the Social Security Act). 

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) a federal commission established under the Social Security Act amendments of 1983 to advise and assist Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services in maintaining and updating the Medicare prospective payment system. 

These laws include the Civil Service Reform Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act, Executive Order 11246, certain sections of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Civil Rights Act of 1964, Family and Medical Leave Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, and sections of the Rehabilitation Act, Social Security Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and workers compensation law. 

Safety professionals often encounter the Social Security Act when employees incur non-work-related debilitating injuries or illnesses or an anployee is killed off of the job. Safety professionals should be aware that there is a formal application process to the Social Security Administration, and social security benefits are not automatically paid to impaired individuals. Safety professionals shonld be aware that if the claim is denied by the Social Security Administration, there is an extensive administrative appeals process established with the Social Security Act, as well as potential appeal to the federal court system after all administrative appeals are exhausted. 

Another area that may impact the safety function within the Social Security Act is unemployment insurance. This nationwide joint federal and state system provides unemployment benefits to protect individuals and families against the loss of income due to unemployment. This complex system is encompassed within the Social Security Act as well as the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, requiring employers to provide an unemployment tax to the state at varying rates for employees, and the state to provide the funds to the U.S. Treasury Department. The secretary of the treasury is responsible for investing the funds, and the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for certifying the unemployment payments to the state agencies. Each state has individual unemployment compensation laws that incorporate various provisions of the Social Security Act and Federal Unemployment Tax Act. 

II) social security supplements for plan participants that commence before the age and terminate at the age (specified by the plan) when participants are eligible to receive reduced or unreduced old-age insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and that do not exceed such old-age insurance benefits. 

Note benefit under the current Social Security Act may be claimed for certain diseases and injuries. These claims are initiated by the claimant but the employer may be required to confirm the circumstances of the incident giving rise to the condition ... 

An employee suffering from the effects of an accident at work or from a prescribed disease may be entitled to a range of benefits determined by the current Social Security Act and supporting Regulations. The benefits may include ... 

The introduction of the Social Security Act 1986 saw the abolition of the following benefits ... 

Section 22 of the Social Security Act 1989 makes provision for the Department of Social Security to collect from those paying compensation for injury or illness, the amount of benefit paid to persons as a result of such injury or illness. Effectively this will entitle the Government to repayment of... 

Certification for absences of up to five days is by the individual himself with claims for social security benefit being made on a New Sickness Benefit Claim Form - form SCI - obtainable from the DSS (see Figure 11.3). For absences beyond the first five days, a medical certificate is required. Under statutory sick pay (SSP) arrangements payment of benefit for the first twenty eight weeks of absence is by the employer who is entitled to deduct the appropriate sums from the moneys he pays to the DSS in respect of his and his employees contributions under the Social Security Act 1975. 

The Department of Social Security which is responsible for the payments of claims under the Social Security Act 1975 will send employers a Form BI77 for confirmation of employment and details of the work carried out by employees who are making claims for industrial disease benefits. 

There are 59 diseases for which some benefit, either disablement or death, can be claimed under the Social Security Act 1975. The causes of the diseases are classified as follows ... 

The Misrepresentation Act 1967 Contract of Employment Act 1972 Equal Pay Act 1970 and 1975 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and 1986 Race Relations Act 1976 Sale of Goods Act 1979 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Occupier s LiabUity Acts 1957 and 1984 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 Consumer Protection Act 1987 Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983 Social Security Act 1986... 

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