Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA is the source of numerous data elements for the Hub: verification of the applicant’s name, date of birth, citizenship, Social Security Number (SSN), a binary indicator for incarceration,10 and Title II income (retirement and disability). This is accomplished through a reimbursable agreement with CMS valued at $2,052,087 in FY2017 and estimated at $3,277,205 in FY2018. The amount is first estimated and then is billed at actual cost on a quarterly basis, so that the total bill at the end of the fiscal year equals SSA’s actual cost for that year. For example, the estimated cost for FY2017 was $2,969,325 versus the actual billed cost of $2,052,087. If this pattern continues, the actual billed amount in FY2018 will be less than the estimate. Past bills “always” have been less than the estimates, according to a personal communication from SSA. Because the SSA is a source of numerous data elements for the Hub, it had 215,534,872 transactions in FY2018, the highest volume of transactions from any TDS. This is shown in Table 2 above. Using the estimated FY2018 cost of the contract, the average cost per transaction with the SSA is 10 Individuals in prison are not eligible for ACA benefits.
Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA is the source of numerous data elements for the Hub: verification of the applicant’s name, date of birth, citizenship, Social Security Number (SSN), a binary indicator for incarceration,12 and Title II income (retirement and disability). This is accomplished through a reimbursable agreement with CMS valued at $2,052,087 in FY2017 and estimated at $3,277,205 in FY2018. The amount is first estimated and then is billed at actual cost on a quarterly basis, so that the total bill at the end of the fiscal year equals SSA’s actual cost for that year. For example, the estimated cost for FY2017 was $2,969,325 versus the actual billed cost of $2,052,087. If this pattern continues, the actual billed amount in FY2018 will be less than the estimate. Past bills “always” have been less than the estimates, according to a personal communication from SSA. Because the SSA is a source of numerous data elements for the Hub, it had 215,534,872 transactions in FY2018, the highest volume of transactions from any TDS. This is shown in Table 2 above. Using the estimated FY2018 cost of the contract, the average cost per transaction with the SSA is about 1.5 cents. We expect that the actual cost per transaction will be less than 1.5 cents when actual FY2018 costs are billed. We attempted to break down SSA’s cost into fixed and variable costs. However, we found that SSA (and other TDSs) does not keep records in that format. Instead, SSA provided a categorical breakdown of the estimated FY2018 cost: $2,637,758 for systems support, $637,704 for operations support, and $1,743 for an annual renewal fee. The last item might be considered as fixed, but it is a very small part of the total cost. Therefore, we considered all of SSA’s costs to be variable. If the SSA were not a Trusted Data Source, CMS believes it would be very difficult to find an alternative data source. For example, self-verification of Social Security Numbers 11 Although not reimbursed through agreement with CMS, XxX’s estimated cost of administering the match is $605,000.
Social Security Administration (SSA) government that administers Social Security; a social insurance program consisting of retirement, U.S.C. § 901 State Agency Medical Consultant ( SAMC ) means a member of a team that makes disability determinations at HHSC DDS. An SAMC is a physician, medical or osteopathic, licensed by the appropriate medical boards of the state of Texas. State Agency Psychological Consultant ( SAPC ) means a member of a team that makes disability determinations at HHSC DDS. An SAPC can be either a psychiatrist or psychologist licensed by the appropriate board of the state of Texas. For the purpose of this contract, Contractor is a psychiatrist; Psychologists will provide Services under a separate contract.
