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Social Security: Adjusting Continuing Disability Review Priorities

HRD-87-4 Published: Oct 22, 1986. Publicly Released: Oct 22, 1986.
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GAO reviewed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) plans for resuming continuing disability reviews (CDR), involving the implementation of the medical improvement review standard. GAO stated its concern about the planned mix of cases SSA will send to state disability determination services (DDS).

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Social Security Administration The Commissioner of Social Security should direct the Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability, to: (1) process the 58,000 cases immediately after completing the decision review cases; and (2) not process medical-improvement-not-expected cases until DDS become current with the decision review, medical-improvement-expected, and medical-improvement-possible cases.
Closed – Implemented
SSA completed the 58,000 cases and decision review cases and concentrated on medical-improvement-expected cases.

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Disability benefitsIncome maintenance programsProgram managementSocial security benefitsPhysical disabilitiesHuman capital managementDisabilitiesDevelopmental disabilitiesInfectious diseasesResume