Aug 8, 2024 · As a backlog of payment actions affecting Social Security beneficiaries continues to mount, so does a rise in the Agency’s improper payments. As of February 2024, SSA’s …

Mar 20, 2024 · Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley today announced he is taking four vital steps to immediately address overpayment issues customers and the agency have …

Aug 19, 2024 · From FYs 2015 through 2022, SSA estimates it made nearly $72 billion in improper payments, most of which were overpayments. While this is less than 1 percent of the …

Oct 18, 2023 · SSA OIG’s work demonstrates a commitment to assisting SSA in addressing its improper payments challenge. In the last five years, the OIG issued 101 reports with 299 …

This new approach promotes a more streamlined and centralized repository for government-wide improper payments reporting. Please visit www.paymentaccuracy.gov for our latest improper …

Mar 29, 2024 · Social Security announced it will decrease the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to ten percent (or $10, whichever is greater) from 100 …

Jul 25, 2024 · find ways to prevent improper payments before they occur so it can reduce the administrative and productivity cost it incurs to correct improper payments and devote more …

Feb 15, 2024 · Social Security is working to reduce wage-related improper payments by using its legal authority to establish information exchanges with payroll data providers. These …

Oct 18, 2023 · Social Security, I commend you for holding this important hearing today on Social Security Administration (SSA) improper payments. The public expects SSA to be accurate in …

On 04/08/2021, we released our forty-fourth quarterly report on Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income high-dollar improper payments …