Social Security publishes proposed
rule for payroll information exchange to reduce improper payments
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[February 18, 2024]
The
Social Security Administration has published a proposed rule, “Use
of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration,”
describing the agency’s plans for accessing and using information
from payroll data providers to reduce improper payments, including
overpayments, which improves service to customers.
Unreported, late reported, and incorrectly reported earnings are
often a cause of overpayments for people who receive Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) payments. When a person has been overpaid, the law
requires the agency to ask for repayment, which can create financial
difficulties for beneficiaries.
“Social Security is taking a critically important step to reduce
improper payments, including overpayments, by ensuring we receive
timely and accurate wage data. These automated payroll information
exchanges will address the inefficiencies associated with
self-reporting and manual verification by introducing a more
streamlined approach,” said Martin O’Malley, Commissioner of Social
Security. “These exchanges will prevent inequities caused by
improper payments by enabling Social Security employees to adjust
SSI payments before they are issued and help us more efficiently
administer SSDI.”
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Social Security is working to reduce wage-related
improper payments by using its legal authority to establish
information exchanges with payroll data providers. These
exchanges will help ensure the agency receives timely and
accurate wage data. These exchanges and the agency’s planned
business process is called the Payroll Information Exchange
(PIE).
PIE will help reduce manual reporting errors as well as the
reporting burden for individuals who authorize Social Security
to obtain their wage and employment information through these
information exchanges and work for employers whose payroll data
is available through the exchange. PIE will also help to more
quickly identify wages that often go unreported or undetected
and which can lead to improper payments.
People may read the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) here.
Public comment is an important part of this process and people
may provide comments on the NPRM by April 15, 2024.
[Jack Myers
Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security Administration]
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