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 1996-10-30 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-97-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17 P0b002ee18037e321 f:he97017 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17 HEHS-97-17 Eligibility determinations Eligibility criteria Medical examinations Cost control Cost effectiveness analysis Disability benefits Social security benefits Federal social security programs Persons with disabilities Vocational rehabilitation Medicaid Program Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund Social Security Disability Insurance Program Supplemental Security Income Program Supplemental Security Income Record Description Database Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund Letter Report HEHS Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) strategy for conducting legally required continuing disability reviews (CDR) on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, focusing on: (1) SSA plans to conduct legally required SSI CDR in fiscal years 1996 through 1998; (2) the resources committed to meeting this requirement; (3) how SSA selects recipients for SSI CDR; (4) the potential benefits of conducting CDR on the SSI population; and (5) potential options for improving the CDR process.<p/>GAO found that: (1) SSA planned to conduct required CDR on about 118,000 SSI recipients in fiscal year (FY) 1996; (2) SSA also planned to conduct an additional 100,000 CDR on SSI recipients that were not legally required; (3) as of June 1996, SSA had completed about 60 percent of the required CDR; (4) other competing priorities may make it difficult for SSA to conduct all required SSI CDR after FY 1996; (5) in FY 1996, SSA limited its selection for CDR to those recipients for whom medical improvement is either expected or possible; (6) SSA estimates that conducting CDR will result in removing only about 5 percent of SSI recipients from the rolls, but without CDR, the number of ineligible recipients will likely increase over time; (7) SSA estimates that conducting CDR on SSI adult recipients for whom medical improvement is expected or possible results in about $3 in federal program savings for every $1 spent conducting CDR; and (8) SSA needs to establish less rigid requirements for determining who should be scheduled for CDR, ensure that contact is made with all SSI recipients, and develop a legislative proposal to obtain the authority needed to extend this new process to all recipients. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17.pdf GAO/HEHS-97-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-17 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-97-17; Supplemental Security Income: SSA Is Taking Steps to Review Recipients' Disability Status; Eligibility determinations Eligibility criteria Medical examinations Cost control Cost effectiveness analysis Disability benefits Social security benefits Federal social security programs Persons with disabilities Vocational rehabilitation Medicaid Program Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund Social Security Disability Insurance Program Supplemental Security Income Program Supplemental Security Income Record Description Database Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund