With the ability to do hearings by telephone and the nearly unanimous acceptance of this practice, there is no reason wide disparities in waiting times for hearings. Baltimore could buy an abandoned inner city school gynasium and station a tiger team of 50 aljs in it and attack the worst locations
The NHCs and the hundreds of Hearing Office Chief ALJs nationwide are barely holding hearings. It's not a secret. Pull the info on ALJ Disposition Data off the Public Data Files through the agency's website.
Social Security to finalize rules making expanded phone and video hearings permanent When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the agency quickly pivoted toward offering disability determination hearings by phone and video, options that remain popular today.
Hearing office wait time hasn't been a problem with the Jackson OHO, but I can't say the same thing about the DDS wait times. Anyway, the OHO office has caught up.
With the ability to do hearings by telephone and the nearly unanimous acceptance of this practice, there is no reason wide disparities in waiting times for hearings. Baltimore could buy an abandoned inner city school gynasium and station a tiger team of 50 aljs in it and attack the worst locations
ReplyDeleteIsn’t this the exact purpose of the National Hearing Centers (NHCs)? What have they been up to these days?
DeleteThe NHCs and the hundreds of Hearing Office Chief ALJs nationwide are barely holding hearings. It's not a secret. Pull the info on ALJ Disposition Data off the Public Data Files through the agency's website.
DeleteSocial Security to finalize rules making expanded phone and video hearings permanent
ReplyDeleteWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the agency quickly pivoted toward offering disability determination hearings by phone and video, options that remain popular today.
Hearing office wait time hasn't been a problem with the Jackson OHO, but I can't say the same thing about the DDS wait times. Anyway, the OHO office has caught up.
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