United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-10-16 monographic deposited born digital 116 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-97-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1 P0b002ee18037dead f:he97001 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1 HEHS-97-1 Cost control Eligibility determinations Persons with disabilities Medical examinations Cost effectiveness analysis Disability benefits Vocational rehabilitation Social security benefits Federal social security programs Eligibility criteria Social Security Disability Insurance Program Supplemental Security Income Program Medicare Program Medicaid Program SSA Master Beneficiary Record Supplemental Security Income Record Description Data Base Letter Report HEHS Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how to improve the Social Security Administration's (SSA) continuing disability reviews (CDR) process for Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries, focusing on: (1) the number and characteristics of individuals who are due for CDR; (2) how SSA selects individuals for and conducts CDR; (3) whether available resources are adequate for conducting required CDR; and (4) potential options for improving the CDR process.<p/>GAO found that: (1) about 4.3 million DI and SSI beneficiaries are due or overdue for CDR in fiscal year 1996; (2) SSA selects beneficiaries for CDR on the basis of the likelihood that their benefits will be terminated; (3) SSA plans to improve its CDR selection process by obtaining Medicare and Medicaid data and mailing questionnaires to beneficiaries' physicians; (4) funding for CDR could exceed $4 billion by 2002; (5) SSA must incorporate additional CDR required by legislation into the agency's workload and conduct CDR for beneficiaries whose CDR were previously done at the agency's discretion; (6) SSA should conduct CDR on a random sample of beneficiaries normally excluded from the selection process to improve program integrity; (7) SSA proposal for time-limited benefits may increase the agency's workload when beneficiaries who are terminated from the program reapply for benefits; (8) the formula used by SSA to select beneficiaries for CDR excludes approximately half of those who are due or overdue for CDR; and (9) SSA could utilize CDR to strengthen its return-to-work initiatives. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1.pdf GAO/HEHS-97-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-1 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-97-1; Social Security Disability: Improvements Needed to Continuing Disability Review Process; Cost control Eligibility determinations Persons with disabilities Medical examinations Cost effectiveness analysis Disability benefits Vocational rehabilitation Social security benefits Federal social security programs Eligibility criteria Social Security Disability Insurance Program Supplemental Security Income Program Medicare Program Medicaid Program SSA Master Beneficiary Record Supplemental Security Income Record Description Data Base