HealthIT Answers September 29, 2025
Individuals seeking government benefits such as Social Security Disability Insurance spend a lot of time waiting. In particular, the Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates it takes over 200 days for an initial disability claim to be processed. Part of that time delay includes SSA’s efforts to find out where relevant medical records may be, request them from your health care provider(s), and the time it takes your providers to respond. Ultimately, it costs SSA (and thus taxpayers) over 500 million dollars a year to collect and create medical evidence for applicants.
It doesn’t have to be this way. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™) includes Government Benefits Determination as one of the six authorized Exchange Purposes and seeks...
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