Today my firm received its first fee computed under the new $6,000 cap on fees under the fee agreement process. This higher cap went into effect on June 22. The fee came to $5,917 after the user fee.
It has become not uncommon in the last two or three months for us to receive a fee this quickly after a favorable decision. The payment centers have been doing a great job in getting claimants -- and their attorneys -- paid quickly after favorable decisions in Title II cases. Backlogs remain, however, in doing windfall offset computations and the reconsideration units at the payment centers are a disaster area.
It has become not uncommon in the last two or three months for us to receive a fee this quickly after a favorable decision. The payment centers have been doing a great job in getting claimants -- and their attorneys -- paid quickly after favorable decisions in Title II cases. Backlogs remain, however, in doing windfall offset computations and the reconsideration units at the payment centers are a disaster area.
It's always great to get the win and for the payment centers to process claims quickly, unfortunately, I've already received a couple of checks for 5217 instead of 5917 on cases with favorable decisions after 6/22
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