Single Decisionmaker Model (SDM) Pilot Extended
In 2013, the Social Security Administration (SSA) extended the Single Decisionmaker Model (SDM) pilot program through September 26, 2014. In 1999, the SSA instituted the SDM pilot program in 20 Disability Determination Services sites. The program was designed to streamline the disability decision process and improve customer service by allowing DDS disability examiners at those 20 sites to make certain types of initial decisions without getting a medical or psychological consultant to sign off on them. In 2011, the SSA selected and analyzed 3,900 disability claims filed at both SDM and non-SDM DDS sites for back and genito-urinary disorders in… Learn More