Why It Takes Longer To Get A Disability Determination
From a recently released report. Click on image to view full size. The full report breaks it down by state and region.
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How can that be? The number of SSA Administrative & Leadership positions in the SSA headquarters and in their regional offices are at an all-time high. Positions get filled, and some are created, so that SSA can provide opportunities for higher-paid administrative positions to "support" the frontline workers. Yet, as your report shows, the number of frontline workers (those actually doing the "case" work in the State DDSs, the SSA FOs, the SSA TSCs, are at an all-time low in SSA. Recommendation: require some (all?) of these support positions do some "real frontline case work" two days per week. This was done in the past, and included in the results, it was clear many of those in the Administrative positions do not know "the real work." The "Peter principle" is proven in an important government agency that is struggling serving the public.
Nearly everything you said is incorrect. RO staffing levels are so low most components are staffed by people on details who don’t have any experience. RO positions aren’t being filled, they’ve had a hiring freeze for ages. Also, RO and HQ staff never took claims for 2 days per week. In what agency would it make sense to have IT professions take disability claims?
Maybe I am not reading this correctly, but... Here in Louisiana the staff pre-pandemic is comparable to the the current staff. We used to have initial and recon decision within 4-5 moths max. Now it's over a year. I truly do not understand it. Claimants are actually dying waiting for decisions.
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How can that be?
The number of SSA Administrative & Leadership positions in the SSA headquarters and in their regional offices are at an all-time high. Positions get filled, and some are created, so that SSA can provide opportunities for higher-paid administrative positions to "support" the frontline workers. Yet, as your report shows, the number of frontline workers (those actually doing the "case" work in the State DDSs, the SSA FOs, the SSA TSCs, are at an all-time low in SSA.
Recommendation: require some (all?) of these support positions do some "real frontline case work" two days per week. This was done in the past, and included in the results, it was clear many of those in the Administrative positions do not know "the real work." The "Peter principle" is proven in an important government agency that is struggling serving the public.
Nearly everything you said is incorrect. RO staffing levels are so low most components are staffed by people on details who don’t have any experience. RO positions aren’t being filled, they’ve had a hiring freeze for ages. Also, RO and HQ staff never took claims for 2 days per week. In what agency would it make sense to have IT professions take disability claims?
Perhaps its time to end the farce of DDS being state agencies.
Low pay, unending workloads, no real stability in the position anymore, wonder why nobody wants the job?
Maybe I am not reading this correctly, but... Here in Louisiana the staff pre-pandemic is comparable to the the current staff. We used to have initial and recon decision within 4-5 moths max. Now it's over a year. I truly do not understand it. Claimants are actually dying waiting for decisions.
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