CDR Moratorium Lifted

David Traver at the CONNECT Board reports that the Emergency Message below went out recently. I have no idea why anyone at Social Security thought that this could or should be kept secret.

Identification Number EM-07028 SEN

Effective Date: 04/19/2007

Intended Audience: All RCs/CDPs/ARCs/ADs/FOs/TSCs/
OCO-CSTs/PSCs/ODO/OIO/DPBs/OSOS/ODD/OTS/OAS/OQAPA

Originating Office: DCO OPSOS

Title: Medical Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Moratorium Update

Type: EM - Emergency Messages

Program: Title II (RSI); Title XVI (SSI); Disability; All Programs
Link To Reference: DI 13005.001
DI 40502.001G.
EM-06071 SEN
EM-05075

SENSITIVE - NOT TO BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC
Retention Date: October 31, 2007

This Emergency Message (EM) obsoletes EM-06071 SEN and provides additional information about the CDR moratorium.

Effective immediately, the CDR moratorium is lifted. Regional guidance will be provided concerning the numbers and flow of cases to the DDSs according to each state's needs. For workload monitoring purposes, it is very important for field offices (FOs) to pay close attention to staying within the established quotas. Once this information has been provided from the RO, FOs may release and DDSs may process all types of CDRs, based on Regional targets. Effective immediately, FOs should discontinue using the CDR Moratorium Exception Flag.

FO Instructions
Offices should adhere to the following CDR priority processing order:

· Follow regional directives on targeting specific CDR types.
· Age 18 medical CDRs that were selected September 1, 2006 or earlier. (We are required by law to review these CDRs timely; therefore, it is very important for FOs to continue to process these CDRs.)

· All other CDRs on a normal first-in-first-out (i.e., greatest overall age) basis.

NOTE: FOs should continue to hold all Certified Electronic Folder (CEF) CDRs, including Age 18 redetermination (CEF) CDRs, as per the instructions in EM-05075 SEN .

PC Instructions
The PCs may now initiate the previously held (and newly determined) "DO CDR" cases. These cases should be initiated on the Disability Control File (DCF) and released to the FOs.

Direct all program-related and technical questions to your RO support staff or PC OA staff. RO support staff or PC OA staff may refer questions or problems to their Central Office contacts.