Social Security News

      From Emergency Message EM-25051 : ... Prior to September 28, 2024, technicians used email as the sole means to communicate with custo...

      Social Security is resuming Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) in October for the new federal fiscal year. The CDRs had been suspe...

      From Emergency Message EM-24033 Disability Collateral Estoppel Policy – Change of Position This emergency message (EM) announces the ...

      From Emergency Message EM-24023 :  Beginning June 22, 2024, adjudicators will reopen a prior final agency determination or decision ba...

      From Emergency Message EM-24028 : ... We will not apply res judicata to bar readjudication of a previously adjudicated period when th...

      It was a busy Saturday for Social Security. Yes, a busy Saturday!      First, Social Security has added significantly more data to the...

      From Emergency Message EM-24021 : With the enactment of our full-year appropriation for this fiscal year, we are lowering our Full Me...

      From Emergency Message EM-24019 : ... Effective May 13, 2024, we are updating the administrative waiver tolerance policy to improve c...

      The Social Security Administration has posted Emergency Message EM-21032 REV 2 on Evaluating Cases with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVI...

      The Social Security Administration has issued Emergency Message EM-24011 SEN on the recent decision by the Commissioner to change the...

    From Emergency Message EM-24009 : ... Since May of 1992, a prepayment review is required for any SSI case (initial or post eligibility)...

      From Emergency Message EM-24005 : ... On January 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York appro...

      From Emergency Message EM-21065 REV , Guidelines for Using Occupational Information in Electronic Tools issued yesterday (emphasis add...

      The Social Security Administration has issued an Emergency Message titled Additional Guidance for Evaluating Evidence in Cases Involvi...

      Just yesterday I wrote about Social Security's noncompliance with the CARES Act, which requires the agency to accept electronic co...

      Prior to the Covid pandemic, the Social Security Administration used video technology to perform consultative medical examinations (CE...

      From Emergency Message EM-23021 : This EM provides instructions for all components to identify and code cases where the claimant r...