The Social Security Administration (SSA) released an update on Thursday about a sweeping operational change that will reshape ...

The Social Security Administration announced a major operational shift on Thursday that will fundamentally change how ...

The Social Security Administration will centralize disability benefit reviews nationwide, a major shift aimed at improving accountability, speeding decisions, and reducing backlogs for millions of ...

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced the agency will transition the processing of medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) from State Disability ...

Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income can feel like a turning point. Many people ...

Americans with disabilities face unique challenges. Applying for disability benefits should not be one of them. As the Chief for Disability Adjudication for the United States Social Security ...

Many people receiving or applying for disability benefits assume that any financial change, such as receiving an inheritance, will automatically jeopardize their benefits. According to Pekas Smith, ...

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of payments will be sent on the second Wednesday of the month, March 11, with subsequent payments going out on the third (March 18 ...

For a couple of different reasons, a claim for Social Security disability benefits may be reviewed. One is what the Social Security Administration calls a "quality assurance review." The other ...

About 1% of all disability claims are selected for a quality assurance review, which is a procedure that the Social Security Administration initiates to ...

Many people hear the term "disability benefits" and assume all government disability programs are essentially the same, but ...