Fee Payment Numbers

     Social Security has released updated numbers on payments of fees to attorneys and some others for representing claimants before the agency. These fees are withheld from the past due benefits of the claimants involved. The attorneys involved pay a user fee for this service. The fees are paid at about the same time as the claimant is paid. These numbers give some indication of how quickly or slowly that the agency is able to process claimants onto benefits after they are approved.

Fee Payments
Month/Year	Volume	Amount
Jan-12	29,926	89,749,312.99
Feb-12	43,946	134,207,416.10
Mar-12	47,376	139,571,577.57
Apr-12	38,239	113,225,483.07
May-12	37,648	112,446,283.39
June-12	43,816	128,559,225.66
July-12	33,342	97,458,955.82
Aug-12	41,441	119,484,061.59
Sept-12	38,393	115,676,630.23
Oct-12	29,646	84,612,068.75
Nov-12	37,384	110,226,459.65
Dec-12	34,780	104,926,570.07