Electronic Disability Claims Processing: SSA Is Proceeding with Its Accelerated Systems Initiative but Needs to Address Operational Issues

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-09-23 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97 P0b002ee180399fe6 f:d0597 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97 GAO-05-97 Claims processing Disability benefits Electronic data processing Federal social security programs Federal/state relations State-administered programs Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems design Systems evaluation Program implementation SSA AeDib Other Written Product A38017 Electronic Disability Claims Processing: SSA Is Proceeding with Its Accelerated Systems Initiative but Needs to Address Operational Issues Through an initiative known as AeDib, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is implementing a system in which medical images and other documents that have traditionally been kept in paper folders will be stored in electronic folders, enabling disability offices--including SSA's 144 Office of Hearings and Appeals sites and 54 state disability determination services--to process disability claims electronically. This initiative supports a program that, in 2004, made payments of approximately $113 billion to more than 14 million beneficiaries and their families. In March 2004, GAO recommended that SSA take steps to ensure the successful implementation of the electronic disability system. GAO was asked to assess SSA's status in implementing AeDib and the actions the agency has taken in response to GAO's prior recommendations on this initiative. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97.pdf GAO-05-97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-97 Other Written Product GAO-05-97; Electronic Disability Claims Processing: SSA Is Proceeding with Its Accelerated Systems Initiative but Needs to Address Operational Issues; Claims processing Disability benefits Electronic data processing Federal social security programs Federal/state relations State-administered programs Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems design Systems evaluation Program implementation SSA AeDib United States Public Law 347 (107th Congress) Public Law 107-347