AUTOMATED SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEAFNESS AND/OR BLINDNESS

摘要

A computerized system and method for determining eligibility for social security disability insurance benefits (SSDI) through a computer network. The network provides access to State databases containing information relating to persons receiving treatment for deafness and/or blindness from a State licensed care facility and Federal Social Security records containing information relating to person's status of SSDI benefits and parental/marital information relating to person's eligibility of SSDI benefits. The system and method is programmed to automatically determine who is potentially eligible for SSDI benefits and determine those who are eligible for SSDI benefits based on the information identified within the State and Federal databases. Moreover, the computerized system and method may also automatically identify lump sum payments paid out on behalf of at least one person who is/are receiving treatment for deafness and/or blindness from a State licensed care facility.