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Expert Guidance on Benefits
Understand how work affects SSI/SSDI and use every work incentive available.
- Free for SSI & SSDI
- SSA-approved Employment Network
- (877) 360-6005
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What's included
Certified benefits counseling that explains how returning to work affects SSDI or SSI, including work incentives and protection from medical reviews while you use your Ticket.
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Benefits Counseling
Learn how returning to work may affect your SSDI or SSI, health coverage and other benefits, before you make decisions.
- A personal review of the benefits you receive today
- Clear explanations of how different earnings levels could affect your checks
- Answers to your questions in plain language, not program jargon
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SSDI Work Incentives
Rules that let SSDI beneficiaries test their ability to work while keeping cash benefits and Medicare.
- Trial Work Period: work and keep your full SSDI benefit for nine months (not necessarily in a row) within a rolling 60-month window
- Extended Period of Eligibility: a 36-month period afterward when benefits can restart in any month your earnings fall below the substantial gainful activity level
- Continued Medicare coverage for years after you return to work
- Expedited Reinstatement if you have to stop working within five years
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SSI Work Incentives
Rules that let SSI recipients keep more of what they earn and stay covered by Medicaid.
- Earned income exclusion: Social Security does not count the first $65 of monthly earnings plus half of the rest
- Section 1619(b) Medicaid: keep Medicaid even when your earnings are too high for an SSI payment
- Other incentives, such as the Student Earned Income Exclusion and Impairment-Related Work Expenses, when they apply to you
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Protection from Medical Reviews
While your Ticket is assigned and you make timely progress toward your work goals, Social Security will not start a medical Continuing Disability Review (CDR).
- We help you understand what timely progress means for you
- We track your progress and keep the required documentation current
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Earnings Reporting Help
Reporting wages correctly and on time helps prevent overpayments. We show you how and help you stay on schedule.
- How and when to report earnings to Social Security
- Keeping pay stubs and records organized
- Help understanding and responding to Social Security notices
Have questions about this service?
Our team can explain how it works for your situation. All services are free for SSI and SSDI beneficiaries.
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