Download or read book Understanding SSI Supplemental Security Income written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication informs advocates & others in interested agencies & organizations about supplemental security income (SSI) eligibility requirements & processes. It will assist you in helping people apply for, establish eligibility for, & continue to receive SSI benefits for as long as they remain eligible. This publication can also be used as a training manual & as a reference tool. Discusses those who are blind or disabled, living arrangements, overpayments, the appeals process, application process, eligibility requirements, SSI resources, documents you will need when you apply, work incentives, & much more.
Download or read book Social Security Administration Teleservice Centers Boston Massachusetts Fort Lauderdale Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Security Telephone Accessibility written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC HUMAN RESOURCES DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report tested accessibility to the Social Security Administration (SSA) by telephone. Specifically, we measured the extent to which telephone calls to SSA's local offices and teleservice centers during a single workweek were answered directly, put on hold before being answered, got a busy signal, went unanswered, or were disconnected. As agreed with your office, we did not include miniteleservice centers or statewide answering units in our test. Nationwide, 34 teleservice centers-SSA's primary telephone service facilities-serve major metropolitan areas or entire states and provide service to about 50 percent of the nation's population. SSA has 32 other central answering units that are dedicated to answering telephone inquiries from the public-12 commonly referred to as statewide answering units and 20 miniteleservice centers-which cover areas as large as entire states or as small as a single district. They provide service to about 11 percent of the nation's population. The remaining 39 percent of the population receives telephone service directly from 627 local offices that are not supported by any of the centralized answering facilities. In summary, SSA representatives answered, during the test period, about two of every three calls from the public directly or within 2 minutes of being put on hold, by GAO estimates. As a group, local offices were more easily accessible than teleservices centers. Success in reaching SSA fluctuated by day of the week, with Monday being the most difficult day for getting calls answered.
Download or read book Social Security Administration s 800 Number Telephone Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How the Social Security Administration Can Improve Its Service to the Public written by United States. Social Security Advisory Board and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SSA s Toll free Telephone System written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Security Telephone Accessibility written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Security Administration significant challenges await new commissioner report to the Committee on Finance U S Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Security written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO reported the results of a nationwide test of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) telephone accessibility to the public and provided information on SSA standards and telephone reporting activities. GAO noted that SSA: (1) maintains 34 teleservice centers to answer telephone calls in major metropolitan areas or entire states; (2) maintains 20 miniteleservice centers, 12 statewide centers, and 627 local or district offices to provide telephone service to less populous areas; and (3) utilizes service standards for its teleservice centers that require that calls not be left on hold for more than 2 minutes and that busy-signal rates do not exceed 15 percent. GAO found that: (1) SSA answered three of every four calls from the public directly or within 2 minutes of putting a call on hold; (2) telephone access to SSA varied considerably among telephone answering facilities; (3) some SSA facilities provided unacceptable service by SSA standards; (4) SSA facilities reported misleading and limited data on their telephone service to the public; and (5) SSA service standards apply only to the teleservice centers.
Download or read book Social Security Administration additional actions needed in ongoing efforts to improve 800number service report to the Committee on Finance U S Senate written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Security Administration more costeffective approaches exist to further improve 800number service report to the chairman Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reinventing the Social Security Administration written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the Social Security Disability Decision Process written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to disabled persons of less than full retirement age and to their dependents. SSA also provides Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to disabled persons who are under age 65. For both programs, disability is defined as a "medically determinable physical or mental impairment" that prevents an individual from engaging in any substantial gainful activity and is expected to last at least 12 months or result in death. Assuming that an applicant meets the nonmedical requirements for eligibility (e.g., quarters of covered employment for SSDI; income and asset limits for SSI), the file is sent to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) agency operated by the state in which he or she lives for a determination of medical eligibility. SSA reimburses the states for the full costs of the DDSs. The DDSs apply a sequential decision process specified by SSA to make an initial decision whether a claim should be allowed or denied. If the claim is denied, the decision can be appealed through several levels of administrative and judicial review. On average, the DDSs allow 37 percent of the claims they adjudicate through the five-step process. A third of those denied decide to appeal, and three-quarters of the appeals result in allowances. Nearly 30 percent of the allowances made each year are made during the appeals process after an initial denial. In 2003, the Commissioner of Social Security announced her intent to develop a "new approach" to disability determination. In late 2004, SSA asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help in two areas related to its initiatives to improve the disability decision process: 1) Improvements in the criteria for determining the severity of impairments, and 2) Improvements in the use of medical expertise in the disability decision process. This interim report provides preliminary recommendations addressing the three tasks that relate to medical expertise issues, with a special focus on the appropriate qualifications of medical and psychological experts involved in disability decision making. After further information gathering and analyses of the effectiveness of the disability decision process in identifying those who qualify for benefits and those who do not, the committee may refine its recommendations concerning medical and psychological expertise in the final report. The final report will address a number of issues with potential implications for the qualifications of the medical experts involved in the disability decision process.
Download or read book Social Security Administration s 800 Number Telephone Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Health Conditions and Likelihood of Improvement with Treatment written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefits: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. SSDI provides disability benefits to people (under the full retirement age) who are no longer able to work because of a disabling medical condition. SSI provides income assistance for disabled, blind, and aged people who have limited income and resources regardless of their prior participation in the labor force. Both programs share a common disability determination process administered by SSA and state agencies as well as a common definition of disability for adults: "the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months." Disabled workers might receive either SSDI benefits or SSI payments, or both, depending on their recent work history and current income and assets. Disabled workers might also receive benefits from other public programs such as workers' compensation, which insures against work-related illness or injuries occurring on the job, but those other programs have their own definitions and eligibility criteria. Selected Health Conditions and Likelihood of Improvement with Treatment identifies and defines the professionally accepted, standard measurements of outcomes improvement for medical conditions. This report also identifies specific, long-lasting medical conditions for adults in the categories of mental health disorders, cancers, and musculoskeletal disorders. Specifically, these conditions are disabling for a length of time, but typically don't result in permanently disabling limitations; are responsive to treatment; and after a specific length of time of treatment, improve to the point at which the conditions are no longer disabling.
Download or read book The Establishment and Maintenance of Wage Records written by United States. Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. Accounting Operations Division and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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