Systems Modernization and the Strategic Plans of the Social Security Administration (1990) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: SSA's Functions and Information Flows
Appendix C: SSA's Functions and Information Flows
Pages 65-74
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Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) , State Disability Determination Services, and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
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Application for replacement cards can be obtained by phone or by visiting a field office. Since the applicant's identity must be verified, the applicant must either visit a field office or mail to the office original proof of identity.
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Crediting of Earnings Records The SSA must maintain accurate records of an individuals earnings in order to determine both eligibility for program benefits and benefit payment amounts. At present the SSA maintains over 332 million separate earnings records in its master earnings file.
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Getting immediate complete benefit payment information is not always possible, since, as explained above, current year earnings must be documented separately and pre-1951 earnings are not on-line. However, a DO can provide an unedited earnings summary, allowing an inquirer to verify that earnings were posted correctly, and does, of course, determine the exact amount of a benefit payment during the development of a claim once one has been fileci.
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, usually triggered via a paper input document from the processing center. Disability Claims Individuals who have earned sufficient quarters of coverage and who meet the definition of being disabled under Title IT of the Social Security Act are eligible for benefit payments under the DI program.
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Supplementary Security Income The SSA also administers Title XVI of the Social Security Act to ensure a minimum level of income for needy aged, blind, and disabled people. Federal funding for this program, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
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When the spouse is eligible for retirement benefits based on his or her own earnings record as well as that of the retiree, benefits are computed on both records. If the SSA determines that the spouse would receive more benefits if entitled on the retiree's record alone, the spouse receives his or her own benefit payment plus an amount which when added to this payment will make the spousal payment equal to what he or she would have received if entitled to benefits solely on the retirees record.
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Rather, they update on-line pending files that feed batch update processes. Most of the SSA's master files are updated on a daily basis.
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Information about Death from State Records The SSA obtains information from states concerning the deaths of beneficiaries using an automated State death-match operation. This data exchange helps the SSA ensure that it does not continue to make benefit payments to deceased beneficiaries.
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. Collection efforts for overpayments are made by debt collection staffs at the PSCs, primarily using manual collection methods.
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