tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post2384909579697320097..comments2024-03-28T08:46:23.069-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Being Told You're A Prisoner When You're Not SucksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-27517710386680768712014-01-19T22:51:11.668-05:002014-01-19T22:51:11.668-05:00Something like this happening to somebody is inexc...Something like this happening to somebody is inexcusable. By agency policy, employees are required to send an advance notice to the beneficiary before suspending benefits. If the report was a first party report, a 10 day notice is required. However, if it is a result of a computer match (like Mr. Ortiz's case likely was), they are supposed to give a 30 day advance notice before suspending benefits.<br /><br />Now, I do see a lot of claimants who ignore the advance notices and don't bother to call until they don't get a check (i.e. the "you mean, you were serious?" claimants). However, with identity mismatches, those folks usually as you can guess will call immediately. <br /><br />It also doesn't help when the jails (who have signed agreements to report in return for payments) do a piss poor job of submitting data (i.e. submitting mis-identifications, showing prisoners as convicted when they haven't even been arraigned yet, etc). However, that is a totally different issue.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-27038700578849479622014-01-19T20:34:33.208-05:002014-01-19T20:34:33.208-05:00
Since Medicaid and SSI are both federal programs ...<br />Since Medicaid and SSI are both federal programs I am confident that it was merely a computer interface that resulted in the reduction of benefits. I doubt that any financial incentive was paid to the hospitals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-1477103855115197312014-01-19T13:48:34.664-05:002014-01-19T13:48:34.664-05:00Got calls from two former clients last week who sa...Got calls from two former clients last week who saw their SSI cut to I believe $40.00 because they had been patents in private hospitals where Medicaid paid the bill. <br /><br />I am guessing that this is now being a point of emphasis with perhaps a financial incentive to the hospital to report (as jails once were done)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com