DE Under 3: EEOC’s Settlement with the SSA is a Cautionary Tale for Private Sector Employers & Federal Government Contractors
The U.S. Social Security Administration is simplifying the disability evaluation it uses for its Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. The agency will now review...more
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are two federal disability benefits programs that provide monetary assistance for people with disabilities. Both programs allow recipients who...more
On June 10, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra for the October 2024 – 2025 term to review a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling potentially affecting up to $4 billion...more
What is SSI? SSI is a government program that provides monthly payments to adults and children who have income and resources below specific financial limits and who meet one of the following criteria: They are 65 or older...more
On September 1, 2023, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the D.C. District Court’s decision in Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr. v. Azar, 2020 WL 5816486, at *1 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2020) requiring CMS to produce affirmative evidence as to...more
To qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a federal program that provides people with disabilities a monthly stipend, individuals must conform to very strict income and asset limits. Often, SSI beneficiaries who...more
The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration have announced the cost of living adjustments (COLA) applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and the Social Security wage base for 2022. Many...more
Pandemic-related financial assistance will no longer affect an individual’s eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or the benefit amount, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced. The assistance...more
Advocates are warning that a little-noticed proposed rule change could result in hundreds of thousands of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, many of them children,...more
The federal government recently released its 2020 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Spousal Impoverishment guidelines. The guidelines, which took effect on January 1, 2020, set the SSI Federal benefit rate at $783.00 for...more