The agency said this move will improve accountability and speed up decisions for millions of Americans.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced the agency will transition the processing of medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) from State Disability ...

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

About 1% of all disability claims are selected for a quality assurance review, which is a procedure that the Social Security Administration initiates to ...

EXCLUSIVE – The Social Security Administration on Monday unveiled new improvements to its disability adjudication process. The SSA said recent upgrades have reduced the backlog in its pending ...

Changes like the push to online servicing and introduction of AI on SSA phone lines made it difficult for certain recipients to access the agency.

Of the over 71 million Americans who receive regular Social Security payments, some will receive their February benefits this week. There will also be another SSI check distributed at the end of the ...

The Social Security Administration said it has cut its backlog of disability claims by about 30 percent since June 2024.

The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in ...