Major Increase In Fee Payments In March

     These are Social Security's numbers on payments of fees to attorneys and others for representing claimants before the agency. These payments are not an expense of the Social Security Administration. They come out of the back benefits of the claimants involved. This is a useful analog to show the speed at which Social Security is able to pay claimants after they are approved for benefits. A slowdown in these fees means a slowdown in getting claimants on benefits and a speedup in these payments means a speedup in getting claimants paid.

Fee Payments 2011 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 $116,455,779.92
	2012
Jan-12	29,926	89,749,312.99
Feb-12	43,946	134,207,416.10