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State Workers’ Compensation and Public Disability Benefits’ Reverse Offset Plans’ Impact on the Disability Insurance Trust Fund

Submitting OIG: 
Social Security Administration OIG
Report Description: 
Objective: To determine the impact of state workers’ compensation and public disability benefits’ reverse offset on SSA’s Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
Date Issued: 
Monday, September 18, 2023
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Social Security Administration
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
A-02-19-50867
Location(s): 
Agency-Wide
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$408,147
Funds for Better Use: 
$0
Number of Recommendations: 
3
Report updated under NDAA 5274: 
No
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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number Recommendation Status Significant Recommendation Additional Details
1 Open No
Determine whether SSA made inaccurate Workers' Compensation and Public Disability Benefits' (WC/PDB) offset determinations and improperly paid 13,033 beneficiaries with inaccurate WC/PDB information in its records.
2 Open No
Negotiate with the states to establish data matches to obtain WC/PDB information to help ensure SSA correctly applies WC/PDB offsets.
3 Open No
Establish system controls to identify cases likely to have incorrect WC/PDB offsets and/or reverse offset determinations.
Displaying 3 of 3 Recommendations