Development of Additional Plan Savings

Early Retiree and Dependent Family Member Advocacy

Focused on early retirees and their dependent family members, this high touch service identifies individuals or their dependents, which left the workforce healthy but become disabled after leaving employment.

Once we determine Social Security disability benefits are appropriate, we assist these pension plan and group health plan participants throughout the entire filing process to ensure the greatest likelihood of Social Security disability and Medicare awards.

These individuals cannot be found through the Voluntary Data Sharing Agreement because they are not yet eligible for Medicare since they haven’t filed nor have they been found to be disabled under the Social Security Administration guidelines. New conversion opportunities are developed through a targeted survey and interview process of the pre-65 retiree population. The same $8,000 average future annual savings can be achieved with these developed opportunities as with those found through the Voluntary Data Sharing Agreement.

Retiree Social Security Disability Advocacy services focus on:

• Maximizing identification of opportunities

• Maximizing disability awards once identified

• Maximizing communication of the benefits of a disability award to the Early Retiree or Dependent Family Member

Long-Term Disability Advocacy

SSDC’s expert advocacy services help employees with long-term disabilities obtain Social Security disability benefits. We represent individuals though all levels of the filing process, from application through appeals, including federal court. Our advocates have won disability awards for over 40,000 individuals throughout the past 25 years.

Long-Term Disability Advocacy services focus on:

• Minimizing time to gain an award

• Minimizing disability plan overpayments

• Maximizing communication to the referral source at the employer or administrator

Disability Retiree Advocacy and Tracking

This service is designed to assist individuals who retire on employer-sponsored disability plans, gain access to Social Security disability and Medicare benefits.

In many cases, these pension plan and group health plan participants are not aware they qualify for these benefits. Our proprietary process identifies these cases and tracks status and other important information for effective future benefit coordination.