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So... here's my situation.
I had my second SSDI hearing and it went fair. My attorney said it was probably better than 50/50, as if that is encouraging.
The problem is... I was referred to the local mental health service for evaluation and treatment of my depression and anxiety. They did a few tests including the MMPI 2 (a looong personality test). When I had the NP visit to eval my meds, she read me the report. I know it has helpful information in it.
During my testimony I mentioned the mental health referral and specifically the MMPI testing. I tried to get a copy before the hearing, but I got the big runaround. Now the judge has requested the records and wants them in 20 days (now about 16).
The MH center said the therapist had to get the ok to send them to my attny. The therapist said no because it wasn't a complete testing. (not to me, she told the medical records folks that) So I called and left a msg so I could talk to her about it. My attnys paralegal did the same. She doesn't return the phone calls.
I don't want to be a total beach about it, because well I need them to do something for me. I just don't know what else to do.
It's still possible that I could win without it, but I sure as heck don't want to hack off the judge either.
I'm aggrivated, anxious, scared and mad all in one.
Thanks for reading and if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them.
Thanks loads and gentle hugs,
Bobbi
I had my second SSDI hearing and it went fair. My attorney said it was probably better than 50/50, as if that is encouraging.
The problem is... I was referred to the local mental health service for evaluation and treatment of my depression and anxiety. They did a few tests including the MMPI 2 (a looong personality test). When I had the NP visit to eval my meds, she read me the report. I know it has helpful information in it.
During my testimony I mentioned the mental health referral and specifically the MMPI testing. I tried to get a copy before the hearing, but I got the big runaround. Now the judge has requested the records and wants them in 20 days (now about 16).
The MH center said the therapist had to get the ok to send them to my attny. The therapist said no because it wasn't a complete testing. (not to me, she told the medical records folks that) So I called and left a msg so I could talk to her about it. My attnys paralegal did the same. She doesn't return the phone calls.
I don't want to be a total beach about it, because well I need them to do something for me. I just don't know what else to do.
It's still possible that I could win without it, but I sure as heck don't want to hack off the judge either.
I'm aggrivated, anxious, scared and mad all in one.
Thanks for reading and if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them.
Thanks loads and gentle hugs,
Bobbi
Let your attorney be the messenger of the judge have him write for them through the legal channels so you and he both have the right to see them it's eveidence for or against you.
If say the therapist is legaly able to with hold the test then that is strong evidence more testing is required and it means you do have a mental health problem.
I know th e time is running out and weekend is coming contact your Attorney for his imput on the situation
That means they legally cannot withhold them from you or from anyone with whom you request them to share the records. You don't need to be a beotch - just tell them you know the law and that they cannot legally withhold your medical records.
I work in HR but I've worked for mental health providers since 1999 and I've become VERY familiar with HIPAA and it's provisions - I actually do the training for new counselors for my company. If you have questions I'll be happy to try to answer them.
Greetings,
This email might be of interest to you if you have had any dealings with the MMPI-2 test and if not you might know someone who has.
I am sending this to email addresses I have found on numerous websites dealing with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and mental health, real disabilities that are not treated as such by insurance companies who fight tooth and nail not to pay long term benefits to their patients.
Disability insurance companies are notorious in their use of so called impartial third party evaluations to justify disallowing patients of their benefits when the diagnosis is not as clear cut as they like. The major test in their arsenal is the MMPI-2 which I came across a number of years ago when suffering from clinical depression and at which time my wife was suffering from Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia .
I recently came across a website that could have changed the outcome of my battle with my insurance company had I had access to this information then.
http://debunkingthemmpi2.zxq.net/
I know this type of information is hard to come by and this website will probably not be around for very long so I decided to share its discovery with as many fellow sufferers and potential victims as I could. There are tools on this site that will prove invaluable to anyone preparing to take the MMPI-2 and to anyone who wants to know more about the way society views and evaluates its citizen.
There is an Excel tool that enables you to take the MMPI-2 questionnaire and it automatically score your results. Then you can synchronize a Word document that is linked to the Excel file to interpret those results. Any layman can do it.
These tools would have proved invaluable to me had I found them five years ago and Im sure they could help anyone who faces the misuse of this mental health test.
Best regards,
One who wants to fight back by helping fellow victims
PS. The Excel file works in Excel 2003 but once you save your results, the Word documents will no longer update. You need to used Excel 2007 for it to work.