The Social Security Administration is calling on private insurers that pay workers’ compensation as well as state and local agencies to report payments to the agency to help cut down on fraud and overpayments.<\/p>\n
In a recent speech to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Carolyn Colvin, deputy administrator for the SSA, explained that funding shortages are forcing tough decisions to be made. The administration is trying to streamline income reporting to cut back on how long it takes to catch overpayments for Social Security Disability Insurance<\/a> and the Supplemental Security Income programs.<\/p>\n When the Social Security Administration waits for beneficiaries to report changes in their income, it can take too long and invites problems, Colvin said.<\/p>\n \u201cBy requiring plan administrators to provide payment information to us promptly, this proposal would improve the integrity of the [workers’ compensation] and [public disability benefit] reporting process, improve the accuracy of SSDI benefits (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Social Security Administration is calling on private insurers that pay workers’ compensation as well as state and local agencies to report payments to the agency to help cut down on fraud and overpayments. In a recent speech to the…<\/span><\/p>\n