Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration ensured employees made complete and accurate capability determinations for disabled beneficiaries who previously had representative payees.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | No | $0 | $2,159,470 | Agree | |
Make capability determinations and/or document capability determinations for the 58[1] beneficiaries in our sample. | |||||
2 | No | $0 | $885,173,179 | Agree | |
Improve controls, such as enhancing eRPS and business processes, to ensure employees complete and document capability determinations that comply with SSA’s policies. | |||||
3 | No | $0 | $0 | Agree | |
Issue a reminder to ensure employees follow SSA’s policy when they authorize direct payments to incapable beneficiaries while they continue developing for payees, follow up to assess how beneficiaries are managing their benefits, and document the results of the followups. |