SSA reaches deal to resume some in-person disability claims hearings starting in May

Summary: In-person hearings are coming back to the Social Security Administration. SSA and the Association of Administrative Law Judges reached an agreement on that point. But video and phone hearings will still be an option this year. Judges over the past two years have held hundreds of thousands of tele-hearings since the start of the pandemic. For more, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with AALJ’s president, Som Ramprup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices