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SSA CHANGED “HEAVY HANDED” OVERPAYMENT POLICIES

Good news for social security disability claimants with overpayments, as the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed “heavy-handed” policies beginning March 25, 2024. www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-overpay-ussi.htm 1) SSA will not be intercepting 100 percent of an overpaid beneficiary’s monthly DIB, also called SSDI,…

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SSI Presumptive Disability or Blindness

If you have applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and your case is pending at the initial level at Disability Adjudication Services (DAS in GA) or Disability Determination Services (DDS in other states), you may be eligible for presumptive disability…

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Social Security Administration Field Offices open April 7!

So happy to hear that Social Security Administration District Offices, ie Field Offices are reopening this Thursday, April 7th! https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp The Social Security Administration has tried to merge 3 phone systems from Field Offices, Office of Hearings and Operations and…

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A RETURN TO IN PERSON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY HEARINGS

On January 14, 2022, the Social Security Administration (SSA) https://www.ssa.gov and the Association of Administrative Law Judges reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). According to NOSSCR, “ALJs covered by the union can volunteer to hold in-person hearings beginning on May…

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Hearing Dismissals resume during Covid-19 pandemic

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic,  in October 2020, the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings and Operations (OHO) had put a moratorium on dismissals of social security disability hearings (SSI, SSDI/DIB, Widow/Widower's, DAC etc. applications) by Administrative Law Judges (ALJs).…

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Social Security Disability Hearings: from Phone to Video

At the end of March 2020 due to Covid-19, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Hearings and Operations (OHO) moved from in person hearings to telephone hearings at the Atlanta downtown OHO, Covington OHO, Alpharetta OHO, Savannah OHO, Macon…

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National Minority Mental Health Month

During the month of July, we commemorate National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month following the 2008 resolution by Congress. http://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Minority-Mental-Health-Awareness-Month/Learn-About-Minority-Mental-Health-Month This resolution honors the legacy of Bebe Moore Campbell, an award winning African-American author, journalist, and teacher, who helped to…

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Raising Breast Cancer Awareness in African-American women

At a past fundraiser for the Sisters Network in Atlanta, GA, I learned of the need for breast cancer awareness in the African American community. Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst all women. http://www.cdc.gov/ cancer/dcpc/data/ women.htm For women under…

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Social Security’s 80th Anniversary

Marking a Social Security Milestone August 14, 2015 is the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Few Americans working today can remember a time when Social Security wasn’t part of the social fabric of America. Since the Social Security retirement program…

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