This is the second installment in the acronym soup
series. When searching the Program Operations Manual Systems (POMS),
you may encounter these terms.
SSA Acronyms
| DIB - Disability Insurance Benefits (also
known as SSDI) |
Social Security benefit paid
to workers who have a disability that causes them to be unable
to perform SGA for a year or more. Paid to workers who have
sufficient Social Security tax credits to be "insured"
for benefits when taking date of birth, and date of disability
into account. |
| RIB - Retirement Insurance Benefits |
Social Security benefit paid to a worker
who is over age 62, is insured for benefits, and who has retired.
Individuals who work and receive RIB may have some month's
of payments withheld if earnings exceed applicable Annual
Earnings Test amount. (See BARC website for earlier tid-bit
on the Annual Earnings Test) |
| WIB - Widow's Insurance Benefits |
Benefit paid to individuals who are the
surviving spouse of a deceased worker. For regular Widow's
Insurance Benefits, the Widow or widower must be over age
60, and need not have a disability. If receiving WIB, rather
than Disabled Widow(er)s Benefits (DWB), the individual's
earnings are subject to the annual earnings test. |
| CR - Claims Representative |
SSA employee with adjudicative responsibility
for applications and return to work determinations. |
| SR - Service Representative |
Front-line SSA staff who handle post-entitlement
services such as changes of address, simple SSI redeterminations,
issuing Social Security numbers, many other public services. |
| DO - District Office |
Local SSA office where beneficiaries
and applicants send documentation, and where most claims and
issues arise after the person is entitled are handled. |
| MBA - Monthly Benefit Amount |
The amount to which a person is entitled
before deductions for Medicare premiums, overpayments, etc. |
| MPA - Monthly Payment Amount |
The amount of the check that goes to
the entitled individual after deductions. |
| PIA - Primary Insurance Amount |
This is the calculation from which all
benefit amounts are determined. A worker at full retirement
age, or who has a disability will receive the full PIA rounded
down to the nearest dollar. Children or other dependants or
survivors will receive a percentage of the PIA subject to
the Family Maximum. The Family Maximum is a cap on what a
family may receive, this cap is calculated based on the PIA.
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