Effect of a Claim’s Filing Date on Policies Side-by-Side Chart – A claim’s filing date is relevant only for the following definitions and policies: Topic Claim filed before 3/27/17 filed on or after 3/27/17 AMS Does not include APRNs, Includes APRNs, PAs, and audiologists. PAs, or audiologists. Medical opinion See page 8. Includes See page 5. Does not include diagnosis, definition diagnosis, prognosis, and prognosis, and statements about statements symptoms symptoms. Other medical Does not include diagnosis, Includes diagnosis, prognosis, and evidence prognosis, and statements statements about symptoms. definition about symptoms. How to consider See pages 8 and 9. See pages 10 and 11. and provide written analysis about medical opinions and prior administrative medical findings Statements on Written analysis may be No written analysis. See page 6. issues reserved to required. See page 6. the Commissioner Decisions by other Written analysis about the No written analysis about the decision governmental decision itself may be itself. See page 7. agencies and required. See page 7. nongovernmental entities See Acceptable Medical Sources (AMS) Status as an AMS is relevant for only a few policies: We need objective medical evidence from an AMS to establish the existence of a medically determinable impairment (MDI) at step 2 of the sequential evaluation process Listings
Effect of a Claim’s Filing Date on Policies – Side-by-Side Chart A claim’s filing date is relevant only for the following definitions and policies: Topic Claim filed before 3/27/17 filed on or after 3/27/17 AMS Does not include APRNs, PAs, or audiologists. Includes APRNs, PAs, and audiologists. Medical opinion definition See page 8. Includes diagnosis, prognosis, and statements symptoms See page 5. Does not include diagnosis, prognosis, and statements about symptoms. Other medical evidence definition Does not include diagnosis, prognosis, and statements about symptoms. Includes diagnosis, prognosis, and statements about symptoms. How to consider and provide written analysis about medical opinions and prior administrative medical findings See pages 8 and 9. See pages 10 and 11. Statements on issues reserved to the Commissioner Written analysis may be required. See page 6. No written analysis. See page 6. Decisions by other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities Written analysis about the decision itself may be required. See page 7. No written analysis about the decision itself. See page 7. See Acceptable Medical Sources (AMS) Status as an AMS is relevant for only a few policies: We need objective medical evidence from an AMS to establish the existence of a medically determinable impairment (MDI) at step 2 of the sequential evaluation process Listings