Measures to Reduce Delays in the Social Security Administration's Payment of Disability Insurance to Qualified Workers and Their Families: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, August 12, 1992, Volume 4 |
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... strategic plan . In that process , we will be testing a number of structural changes to the disability process , and we believe that some of these tests could lead to ideas for legislative proposals which would enable us to achieve that ...
... strategic plan . In that process , we will be testing a number of structural changes to the disability process , and we believe that some of these tests could lead to ideas for legislative proposals which would enable us to achieve that ...
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... Strategic in establishes improving the disability process as one of our e priorities , and we have identified 15 specific initiatives t we will focus on to achieve that goal . Our efforts will focus on improvements in claims intake ...
... Strategic in establishes improving the disability process as one of our e priorities , and we have identified 15 specific initiatives t we will focus on to achieve that goal . Our efforts will focus on improvements in claims intake ...
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... strategic plan . So we ree on the objective , but to make payment mandatory after 60 S- Mr. PICKLE . Let's stop on the basis you disagree . You agree with objective ? Mr. ENOFF . Agree with the objective , yes . Mr. PICKLE . If you had ...
... strategic plan . So we ree on the objective , but to make payment mandatory after 60 S- Mr. PICKLE . Let's stop on the basis you disagree . You agree with objective ? Mr. ENOFF . Agree with the objective , yes . Mr. PICKLE . If you had ...
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... strategic plan establishes simi- lar goals . Further , SSA has established standards of performance for the processing of disability applications by DDS's . By regula- tion , the threshold level , which is the minimum acceptable level ...
... strategic plan establishes simi- lar goals . Further , SSA has established standards of performance for the processing of disability applications by DDS's . By regula- tion , the threshold level , which is the minimum acceptable level ...
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... Strategic Plan . While H.R. 5697's approach may seem drastic , it is necessary and would bring SSA more in line with other agencies required to process applications for federally funded benefits under specific time periods : and ( 1 ) ...
... Strategic Plan . While H.R. 5697's approach may seem drastic , it is necessary and would bring SSA more in line with other agencies required to process applications for federally funded benefits under specific time periods : and ( 1 ) ...
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60 days additional adjudication administrative expenses Administrative Law Judges agency ANDY JACOBS Appeals appropriate Attorney Advisor AUGUST 12 backlog beneficiaries CDRs Chairman JACOBS claimant whose application Commissioner King Committee Congress contingency fund Continuing Disability Reviews DDS's DDSs disability applications disability benefits disability claims disability decisions Disability Determination Services disability insurance disability process disability program eligible employees ENOFF fees field offices findings of presumptive fiscal year 1992 funding level goal impairments implemented improve increase initial claims J.J. PICKLE JIM BUNNING legislative changes Medicaid medical evidence months NTEU payments PD benefits pending workloads percent personalized denial notices PETE STARK PICKLE President presumptive disability problems proposal receive reconsideration short-term initiatives Social Security Administration Social Security Administration's Social Security Disability SSI program staff staffing STARK statement streamline SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL Supplemental Security Income testify testimony Thank trust fund waiting
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Page 4 - STATEMENT OF HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Mr.
Page 23 - STATEMENT OF ROBERT J. MYERS, FORMER CHIEF ACTUARY, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Mr. MYERS.
Page 8 - STATEMENT OF LOUIS D. ENOFF, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Mr. ENOFF.
Page 11 - DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee...
Page 44 - In any notice of an adverse determination with respect to which a review may be requested under paragraph (1), the Commissioner of Social Security shall describe in clear and specific language the effect on possible entitlement to benefits under this title of choosing to reapply in lieu of requesting review of the determination.
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Page 44 - Any such decision by the Secretary which involves a determination of disability and which is in whole or in part unfavorable to such individual shall contain a statement of the case, in understandable language, setting forth a discussion of the evidence, and stating the Secretary's determination and the reason or reasons upon which it is based.".
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