The latest national statistics for average processing time have been released by the SSA and distributed via the NOSSCR monthly newsletter and the Social Security News blog.
The Portland, Maine ODAR retains its perch as #1 in the country for quickest average processing time of Social Security disability hearing requests. Processing time runs from…
The SSA has released the 2008 report of SSI recipients by state and county. You can scroll down the list to find your state.
Here is the list of Maine SSI recipients by county, as well as the New Hampshire SSI statistics. While we're at it, here are the SSI recipients by county…
Well you just knew it was coming.
The Portland, Maine ODAR is now ranked #1 in the country in the latest national ranking report, with an average processing time of just 261 days.
Processing time runs from the day the hearing office receives a hearing request to the day a decision is issued. Since…
I wrote two weeks ago about the amazing timeline of one of my Social Security disability cases. To recap, because the bank was foreclosing on the claimant's home, both the local Social Security office and the Portland, Maine hearing office expedited the disability appeal. A hearing was scheduled within 5 weeks from the claimant's receipt of the Reconsideration denial notice…
The Social Security Administration can move quickly in certain circumstances. One such circumstance is a dire need case. Dire need is a type of critical case, and these claims are expedited by the SSA.
In this particular case, the claimant received a Reconsideration denial letter on February 27th and contacted me. We had…
I admit when I am wrong. Ask anybody who knows me.
In a recent blog post praising the Portland, Maine Hearing office for its spectacular performance for average claim processing time, I also said:
If there is a downside to this remarkable performance, I think the Portland hearing office has become less receptive to on
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NOSSCR has published the state-by-state statistics for Social Security allowance rates in 2008. Charles Hall has republished the state-by-state numbers on his blog, Social Security News.
In Maine, 35.7% of Social Security disability claims were allowed at the initial determination. At the Reconsideration level, 15.5% of the claims appealed after the initial denial were…
The Portland, Maine hearing office has an average processing time of 258 days for Social Security disability claims, according to the latest backlog report distributed by NOSSCR. Of the 150 hearing offices around the country, Portland's processing time is the second shortest. Congratulations to Philip Smith, the Hearing Office Director, to the administrative law judges, and…
Judge Joseph Shortill is being transferred to the Portland Maine hearing office. His first day of hearings will be Easter Monday, April 13th.
Judge Shortill has been a Social Security administrative law judge in the Springfield, Massachusetts hearing office. I have had several hearings with him there, and in Worcester. He will be a terrific addition…
The latest statistics on processing times at Social Security hearing offices have been released. The Portland, Maine ODAR is now number 3 in the country, with an average processing time of just 252 days. This is a remarkable achievement. With 5 resident ALJ's and a "guest" ALJ hearing claims by videoconference for the next few…
