Electronic Disability Claims Processing : SSA Is Proceeding with Its Accelerated Systems Initiative but Needs to Address Operational Issues

Through an initiative known as AeDib, the Social Security Admin. (SSA) is implementing a system in which medical images & other documents that have traditionally been kept in paper folders will be stored in electronic folders, enabling disability offices -- incl. SSA's 144 Office of Hearings & Appeals sites & 54 state disabil. determination serv. -- to process disabil. claims electronically. This initiative supports a program that, in 2004, made payments of $113 billion to 14 million beneficiaries & their families. In 2004, it was recommended that SSA take steps to ensure the successful implementation of the electronic disabil. system. This report assesses SSA's status in implementing AeDib & the actions the agency has taken in response to prior recommend.Koontz, Linda D. is the author of 'Electronic Disability Claims Processing : SSA Is Proceeding with Its Accelerated Systems Initiative but Needs to Address Operational Issues', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422304563 and ISBN 1422304566.