Social Security always has a problem in paying newly approved claimants in January because of the other workload pressure which go up dramatically at the beginning of each year. I had concerns about what would happen this year if no overtime was available. It turns out that some overtime was available but there was still a problem. Backlogs increased dramatically in October 2011 and January 2012. I hope someone at Social Security can tell me that overtime will be available in coming months to keep this backlog from growing but I don't expect that.
Fee Payments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Month/Year | Volume | Amount |
Jan-11 | 34,467 | $113,459,847.04 |
Feb-11 | 33,305 | $107,796,771.38 |
Mar-11 | 34,885 | $112,463,768.46 |
Apr-11 | 48,033 | $153,893,755.37 |
May-11 | 36,479 | $115,159012.77 |
June-11 | 33,568 | $104,782,743.07 |
July-11 | 40,451 | $123,981,011.36 |
Aug-11 | 35,575 | $109,778,785.74 |
Sept-11 | 36,159 | $109,990,042.36 |
Oct-11 | 27,269 | $79,526,149.33 |
Nov-11 | 32,677 | $100,272,851.46 |
Dec-11 | 38,447 | $116,455,779.95 |
Jan-12 | 29,926 | $89,749,312.99 |
That's a 23% decline between December and January. Here are some January numbers for a couple of earlier years for comparison:
Jan-10 32,226 $111,440,046.23
Jan-09 28,423 $101,128,880.69
1 comment:
It's only going to get worse as more people retire and the hiring freeze continues. We are being given limited overtime in the field but it is NOT for claims--it is for cdr's and overpayments.
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