The deadline for reaching a decision in a hearing appeal or hearing review appeal is automatically extended if a hearing for the appeal is continued, adjourned, or rescheduled. For example, when a hearing is adjourned and then rescheduled for a different date, the decision deadline date for the appeal case is extended to reflect the delay. To determine the updated decision deadline, the system calculates the period of time between the date the hearing is continued or adjourned and the new scheduled hearing date. The system then extends the appeal case decision deadline by the value of the calculated period of time.