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Updated · GlobeNewswire · Jun 2

SSA Centralizes Disability Reviews as Ticket to Work Shields SSDI Beneficiaries From Some CDRs

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Updated · GlobeNewswire · Jun 2

SSA Centralizes Disability Reviews as Ticket to Work Shields SSDI Beneficiaries From Some CDRs

Q: With disability reviews now handled federally, what is the single most important step for beneficiaries to avoid losing their benefits?

The most important step is to assign your Ticket to Work before any Continuing Disability Review notice is issued and then keep making “timely progress” under the program. That is the clearest protection highlighted in the SSA change. With medical CDRs now handled federally, beneficiaries in the free, voluntary Ticket to Work program generally will not undergo a medical CDR if their Ticket is already assigned and they continue meeting the program’s progress rules. Allsup Employment Services stressed that this protection can end if timely progress is not maintained. In practical terms, that means beneficiaries who want to work should not wait until a review starts. They should enroll early through an approved Employment Network or vocational rehabilitation provider, follow their work plan, and keep records showing they are meeting milestones. This is the most direct way to avoid a medical review while testing employment. That protection does not replace other basic safeguards. Beneficiaries still need to report wages accurately and on time, stay in medical treatment, respond promptly to SSA requests, and keep documentation of their condition and work activity. But if the question is the single most important move under the new federal review system, it is active, timely participation in Ticket to Work.

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Medical Continuing Disability Reviews will move from state Disability Determination Services to SSA’s federal Disability Case Review site, giving the agency direct oversight of those checks.
Ticket to Work participants can generally avoid a medical CDR if they assign their Ticket before a review notice is issued and keep meeting SSA’s timely progress rules.
That protection can lapse if timely progress requirements are not met, making Ticket assignment timing and ongoing compliance critical for SSDI beneficiaries considering work.
SSA says the shift should free state DDS offices to focus more on initial disability claims and reconsideration cases while Ticket to Work remains a key return-to-work support.

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Allsup Highlights Ticket to Work Protection Amid SSA Centralized Medical Disability Reviews

Can the Ticket to Work program truly shield beneficiaries from the financial risks of re-entering the workforce?

Does the government's plan to centralize disability reviews truly make it safer for people to attempt a return to work?

With disability reviews now handled federally, what is the single most important step for beneficiaries to avoid losing their benefits?

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GlobeNewswire16d ago

Allsup Highlights Ticket to Work Protection Amid SSA Centralized Medical Disability Reviews

SSA Centralizes Disability Reviews as Ticket to Work Shields SSDI Beneficiaries From Some CDRs

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