Claws back of Overpayment
Fixing SSA’s overpayment practices
As you may recall, the Social Security Administration has been under investigation for how they handled recouping overpayments from beneficiaries even when the government made the mistake. The newly appointed Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley said: “that in the…
Limit the recovery of overpayments
There is a new bill in Congress, H.R. 6858, which will amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments to a ten-year period; currently, there is no time limit on how far back they can go to…
Social Security claw back policy numbers
This year, the Social Security Administration has come under scrutiny by Congress and the media for its clawback policy. Social Security clawback policy is when the program, by administrative error, has overpaid recipients; the agency then collects the overpayment by…
The Social Security commissioner responds to report on how overpayments are handled
After a story and the call from members of the Congress and Senate on how Social Security handles overpayments, Kilolo Kijakazi, acting commissioner of Social Security, announced, “I am putting together a team to review our overpayment policies and procedures…