FIFTH MEETING
October 6-7, 2005

Thursday, October 6, in Room 101, IOM/NAS's Keck Building, 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC

8:30-9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Session Open to the Public

9:00-9:15 REVIEW OF MEETING GOALS

John D. Stobo, MD, and Michael McGeary

9:15-9:45 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS DUE TO 
               MENTAL RETARDATION

Christine Hartel, PhD
Study Director, National Research Council Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation, 2002

9:45-10:45 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS DUE TO HEARING
                LOSS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

Susan Van Hemel, PhD
Study Director, National Research Council Committees on Disability Determination for Individuals with Visual Impairments, 2002, and on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments, 2005.

10:45-11:00 BREAK

11:00-12:00 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE STATE DISABILITY AND MEDICAID
                  PROGRAMS IN MASSACHUSETTS USING SSA CRITERIA AND 
                  PROCEDURES

Disability Determination Services, University of Massachusetts Medical School:
Kristin Johnson, Director
Charles Sweet, MD, Medical Director (until September 2005)
Katherine Edwards, Clinical Director

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

1:00-2:00 VIEWS FROM THE COMMISSIONER

Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Commissioner of Social Security

2:00-3:00 CRITERIA FOR VALIDATING THE LISTING OF IMPAIRMENTS

Allen W. Heinemann, PhD
Co-PI, Research Approaches for Validation of SSA's Medical Listings Project, 2001, Disability Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3:00-3:15 BREAK

3:15-4:00 ENGAGING OUTSIDE EXPERTS IN DEVELOPING AND UPDATING THE LISTING
              OF IMPAIRMENTS

Patricia M. Owens
Consultation in Health & Disability Programs (Associate Commissioner of Disability of the Social Security Administration, 1982-1986)

4:00-4:45 EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO UPDATING THE LISTING OF
               IMPAIRMENTS

Ethan Balk, MD, MPH
Assistant Director, AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA

4:15-5:00 COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

5:00 ADJOURN

Friday, October 7, Room 101, IOM/NAS’s Keck Building, 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Closed Session (Not Open to the Public)

8:00-1:00 REVIEW OF DRAFT LETTER REPORT

1:00 ADJOURN