Incorrect Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Benefit Payment Computations that Resulted in Overpayments

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

Objective: To determine whether overpayments resulting from incorrect Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefit payment computations were avoidable.

Date Issued:

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Social Security Administration

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

A-07-18-50674

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$368,326,080

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	Yes
Improve Agency systems to automate benefit computations and reduce the need for manual processing.
2	Open	Yes
While efforts to improve automation are in process, create an integrated benefit computation resource that is centrally located and includes the functionality and automation assistance offered by existing tools and instruct employees to use it.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Yes

Improve Agency systems to automate benefit computations and reduce the need for manual processing.

Open

Yes

While efforts to improve automation are in process, create an integrated benefit computation resource that is centrally located and includes the functionality and automation assistance offered by existing tools and instruct employees to use it.

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Incorrect Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Benefit Payment Computations that Resulted in Overpayments

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