Disability Resource Center
Choices Navigator
Beneficios Con Demasia en Español
Choices Navigator
Assisting Social Security recipients to go to work without fear of losing benefits.
Work Incentives for Individuals who Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from the Social Security Administration.
1-888-813-8497 (Voice)
1-888-813-8652 (TTY)
Choices Navigator is a statewide program funded by Social Security and administered in the western half of Kentucky by the Center for Accessible Living in Louisville, Kentucky and Murray, Kentucky.
The center will make available a Community Work Incentive Coordinator, a knowledgeable advocate, who will help you understand complex work incentive program requirements.
This program assists beneficiaries ages 14 through 64 to understand their work options so that they may make more informed choices regarding work. The program furnishes information about Federal, state, and local work incentive programs and related issues.
As a part of this program, you will receive information about the availability of protection and advocacy services that are available without charge.
QUESTIONS...
Do you receive SSI or SSDI?
Do you want to work?
Are you unsure of how working will affect your benefits?
Are you confused about all the rules and regulations?
Are you frustrated because you can't get answers to your questions?
Are you afraid of telling Social Security that you want to work?
ANSWERS...
Community Work Incentive Coordinators from across the state of Kentucky are available to assist SSI or SSDI disability beneficiaries, family members and professionals with:
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Information on Medical Benefits, Social Security, Transitional Assistance, Public Housing, Workers Compensation and more
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Personalized work incentives planning and assistance
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Information about how working will affect benefits
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Ongoing assistance with issues concerning benefits
HOW DO I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM?
Call Toll Free at :
1-888-813-8497 (Voice)
1-888-813-8652 (TTY)
A Community Work Incentive Coordinator will contact you and explain the program. If you wish, you may contact us by mail at:
Center for Accessible Living
305 W Broadway, Ste 200
Louisville, KY 40202
e-mail: info@calky.org
For a quick reference of current money limits for maximum earning taxable, for Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) threshold, Trial Work Period (TWP) information, and Student exclusion limits, and more, please visit the Social Security website for 2010 SSI and SSDI amounts and numbers. Also, The Red Book serves as a general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities.
The Center for Accessible Living does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, national origin or type of disability, and provides on request all materials and information in alternative formats.
ALL INQUIRIES AND SERVICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE AND ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
This publication was made possible by a grant from the Social Security Administration. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the author and do not represent the official views of the Social Security Administration.
A Cooperative Program between the Social Security Administration and the Center for Accessible Living. For more information on the Social Security Administration visit their website at www.ssa.gov.
Social Security News
Are you thinking about work?
Do you want to learn how work will affect your Social Security Benefits?
If you are interested in learning about the Ticket to Work Program or other Work Incentives, you can attend a FREE Work Incentive Seminar Event (WISE). WISE are community events held by local organizations for beneficiaries to learn more about available work incentives through accessible, informal, learning opportunities. Or you can attend a national, online webinar.
In order to reach beneficiaries who may not be able to attend WISE Events in person, there will be monthly virtual WISE webinars or teleconferences.
The first WISE Webinar is going to be held on March 24, 2010 from 3:00 – 4:30 pm (EST). People interested in the WISE Webinar can register at www.cessi.net/wise by selecting the NW-National Webinar option.
Social Security offers many services online
As the Baby Boomer population "becomes of age" more and more people are choosing to use online services to conduct their Social Security business. However many people are not aware that online services are available to them. Thanks to Social Security's online services, you can take care of your Social Security business from the comfort and convenience of your home.
Here are some of the things you can do if you visit us online at our website at
www.socialsecurity.gov:
There are many other services available. To apply for benefits or access other online services, go to www.socialsecurity.gov.
Retirement Online: One Million and Counting
More than one million people have applied for Social Security retirement benefits online at www.socialsecurity.gov. Dewey Bales of West Chester, Ohio became the millionth person to successfully use Social Security's online services to apply for retirement benefits. Every day, more and more people make the choice to go online instead of standing in line to apply for benefits.
According to a recent survey, Social Security's online retirement benefit application once again ranked at the top of all Federal government web sites in customer satisfaction. Social Security's "Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Costs" finished second, with several other Social Security online services making the top 10.
To file for retirement online, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/applytoretire. Here, you can apply online not only for your own retirement benefits, but also for your spouse if they are also eligible.
Applying for Social Security disability online
Applying for disability benefits from Social Security is easier than it's ever been before. You can save time and file in the convenience of your home by completing your application online and sending it to us electronically. If you are applying for disability benefits on your own behalf, you can complete the online disability report at the following link: www.socialsecurity.gov/disabilityreport
Fraudulent Medicaid Billing
The Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Control Division investigates PROVIDER FRAUD. (Providers include medical doctors, dentists, hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, durable medical equipment sellers, ambulance companies, taxis, or anyone who bills the KY Medical Assistance Program for health care goods or services provided to a Medicaid recipient).
Report suspected fraudulent activity to the Attorney General's Fraudulent Medicaid Provider Billing Toll-Free Tip Line at:
1-877-ABUSE TIP (1-877-228-7384)
Examples of Fraud
- Billing for medical services not actually performed
- Billing for a more expensive service than was actually rendered
- Billing for several services that should be combined into one billing
- Billing twice for the same medical service
- Dispensing generic drugs and billing for brand-name drugs
- Kickbacks - giving or accepting something in return for medical services
- Bribery
- Providing unnecessary services
- False cost reports
- Billing for ambulance runs when no medical service is provided
- Multiple passengers in an ambulance and separate billings for each passenger
Report
If you know or suspect that a recipient is defrauding or abusing the Medicaid program, or another assistance program, please notify the Office of the Inspector General.
To make a report, please call the Medicaid & Welfare Fraud & Abuse Hotline at 1-800-372-2970.
BENEFICIOS CON DEMASÍA
ASISTIENDO A LOS QUE RECIBEN SEGURO SOCIAL PARA QUE VAYAN A TRABAJAR SIN TEMOR A PERDER SUS BENEFICIOS
Incentivos de Trabajo para Individuos quienes Califican para Beneficios de Incapacidad de la Administración de Seguro Social
1-888-813-8497
(Voz)
1-888-813-8652 (TTY)
BENEFICIOS CON DEMASÍA es un programa de todos los estados financiada por el Seguro Social y administrada por dos centros de vida independiente; el Centro de Vida Accesible en Louisville, Kentucky, y el Lugar de Independencia en Lexington, Kentucky.
Los centros harán disponibles a un Especialista de Beneficios, un defensor con conocimientos, quien le ayudará a entender los requisitos del programa complejo de incentivos de trabajo.
Este programa ayuda a los beneficiarios del SSI y SSDI entre las edades de 14 y 64 a entender sus opciones de trabajo para que ellos elijan estando bien informados en lo relacionado al trabajo. El programa provee información acerca de los incentivos de trabajo del programa federal, estatal y local y sus asustos relacionados.
Como parte de este programa, usted recibirá información acerca de la disponibilidad de protección y servicios de defensa que están disponibles sin pagarse.
PREGUNTAS…
Recibe usted SSI o SSDI?
Desea trabajar?
Está inseguro del como el trabajar
afectaría sus beneficios?
Confundido acerca de todas las reglas y
regulaciones?
Frustrado porque no puede obtener
respuestas a sus preguntas?
Teme al decirle al Seguro Social que desea trabajar?
RESPUESTAS…
Especialistas de Beneficio en todo el estado de Kentucky están disponibles para asistir a los beneficiarios de incapacidad de SSI y SSDI, miembros de familia y profesionales con:
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Información con Beneficios Médicos, Seguro Social, Asistencia de transición, Vivienda Pública, Compensación Laboral, y más.
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Beneficios personalizados en planeamiento y asistencia
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Entendiendo como el trabajar afectaría sus beneficios.
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Asistencia continua en asuntos relacionados a sus beneficios.
COMO PUEDO ENTERARME MÁS ACERCA DEL PROGRAMA?
Llame Gratis al:
1-888-813-8497
(voz)
1-888-813-8652 (TTY)
Un Especialista de Beneficios se comunicará con usted y le explicará el programa. Si usted desea comunicarse con nosotros por correo:
Coordinador de Estado, Beneficios con
Demasía
Centro de Vida Accesible
305 W. Broadway, Ste 200
Louisville, KY 40202
e-mail: info@calky.org
El Centro de Vida Accesible y Lugar de Independencia, Inc. No discrimina en base a la edad, raza, creencia, color, sexo, origen nacional o tipo de incapacidad, y provee bajo solicitud todos los materiales e información en formatos alternativos.
TODAS LAS PREGUNTAS Y SERVICIOS SON ABSOLUTAMENTE GRATIS Y SON MANTENIDOS ESTRICTA Y CONFIDENCIALMENTE
Esta publicación fue hecha posible por una subvención de la Administración de Seguro Social Los contenidos de esta publicación son de sola responsabilidad del autor y no representa los puntos de vista oficiales de la Administración de Seguro Social.
Un Programa Cooperativo entre la Administración de Seguro Social, Centro de Vida Accesible, y el Lugar de Independencia, Inc.
Costos de Impresión pagados usando Fondos Federales.
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