tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post2103661350563992186..comments2024-03-29T02:05:50.350-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Hearing Backlogs To Improve?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-51602528962492520352012-01-25T14:12:21.880-05:002012-01-25T14:12:21.880-05:00To: Anon 12:57 One should remember that all cessat...To: Anon 12:57 One should remember that all cessations are subject to appeal with payment continuation through to and including the ALJ level. Even if the termination is upheld the overpayment should be waived if the appeal was made in good faith.<br /><br />A significant number of cessations are reversed upon appeal and those actually terminated is greatly diminished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-56188966725597829162012-01-25T12:01:48.867-05:002012-01-25T12:01:48.867-05:00"@ the disabled.
If SSA got rid of ALJs, the..."@ the disabled.<br /><br />If SSA got rid of ALJs, the pay rate would plummet to sub 20%..is that really what you want"?<br /><br />Not familiar with SSA's pay rate but SSA hiring cheaper alternatives to aljs seems to be a logical course of action. IF SSA allowed DDS to make more of a independant decision subject to slight review,it would help balance the budget and equality in the process.<br /><br />Signed,<br />the disabled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-18470681916845018402012-01-25T11:49:45.312-05:002012-01-25T11:49:45.312-05:00@ the disabled.
If SSA got rid of ALJs, the pay r...@ the disabled.<br /><br />If SSA got rid of ALJs, the pay rate would plummet to sub 20%..is that really what you want?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-58683632032792169012012-01-25T09:30:24.201-05:002012-01-25T09:30:24.201-05:00I agree with comment 8:16 AM, January 25, 2012
L...I agree with comment 8:16 AM, January 25, 2012<br /><br /><br />Look at the federal savings that could be had with a $40,000 adjudicator compared to a $160,000 adjudicator.<br /><br />I believe if SSA would allow DDS independance this agency would be a better alternative to their alj corps.<br /><br />Signed,<br />the disabled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-78201107440039508982012-01-25T08:16:52.930-05:002012-01-25T08:16:52.930-05:00A lot of money can be saved (at least in this and ...A lot of money can be saved (at least in this and the next fiscal years) by not filling expensive ALJ slots and comming up with alternative modes of ajudication. <br />For example: Allowing for private neutral alternative resolution services by agreement of parties, use of less costly temporay law judges, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-53762106315224418502012-01-24T13:27:51.545-05:002012-01-24T13:27:51.545-05:00In the field, we have not been notified of any &qu...In the field, we have not been notified of any "lower priority activities" that we can stop doing. Instead, managment says everything is a priority. Anyone out there hearing anything different?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-37571180083199714222012-01-24T13:08:29.149-05:002012-01-24T13:08:29.149-05:00Her report is primarily about the CDR's, not s...Her report is primarily about the CDR's, not so much about the hearing backlog. She is trying to politely say that, "yes, congress, I know you want to make CDR's priority #1, but the hearing backlog is more important." Don't get caught up on it. This is just a report exploring the CDR process and the numbers to expect out of it.<br /><br />If it really were a blueprint for how she is going to reduce backlogs while doing "less with less," it is pretty useless. Not once does she mention what the agency is going to do "less" of. She mentions "lower priority activities," but never elaborates beyond that. But, like I said, that's not the point of this report anyway.Nobbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199597836854072596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-58165699915532986862012-01-24T12:57:54.634-05:002012-01-24T12:57:54.634-05:0090,000 more reviews is one thing. The percentage ...90,000 more reviews is one thing. The percentage of reviews that turn into cessations is what worries me. I have feeling that the cessations will increase at an exponentially greater rate than the number of actual reviews performed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-49556006919050388142012-01-24T12:51:26.162-05:002012-01-24T12:51:26.162-05:00@ anon 12:09...sounds like not enough to me.@ anon 12:09...sounds like not enough to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-63777816426442470812012-01-24T12:09:51.703-05:002012-01-24T12:09:51.703-05:00"90,000 more full medical continuing disabili..."90,000 more full medical continuing disability reviews (CDR) this year".<br /><br /><br />Sounds like a witch hunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com