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HRD-79-26 1 (1978-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayjc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WWASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCICS DIVIIO B-164031(4) December 11, 1978 The Honorable Joseph A. Califano, Jr. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Mr. Secretary: During fiscal year 1977, the Social Security Administra- tion (SSA) overpaid an estimated 462,195 recipients of retro- active Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits about $75 miilion and underpaid an estimated 206,825 others about $6 million. About 37 percent of all fiscal year 1977 retro- active checks were in error. This was about twice the error rate for regular monthly checks. SSA has not yet finalized data needed to make similar estimates for fiscal year 1978. Most re,.roactive payment errors occur because SSA has not obtained accurate information affecting the claimant's eligibi.lity or the amount of his/her payment. This happens because SSA is unaware of changes in the claimant's circum- stances which occur between the date of the application and the date of the payment. SSA has taken actions to reduce retroactive payment errors. However, we believe these actions should be ex- panded to cover a greater number of these payments because of (1) the high error rates for large ($1,000 or more) retro- active payments and (2) the low percentage of overpayments recovered by SSA--about 59 percent of SSI overpayments identified since the beginning of the proqram had not been collected as of mid-January 1978. HRD-79-26 (105029)

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