Annual Statistical Supplement, 2004 - SSA Hearings and Appeals (2.F8-2.F11)

Table 2.F8 Workload of SSA's Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), fiscal years 2002–2004
Item	2002	2003	2004 ^a
Number of ALJs	969	975	944
Average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ	45	49	52
Average hearings pending per ALJ	470	581	682
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals. Actual data from the Key Workload Indicator Report. Estimated data from the Government Performance and Results Act, Annual Performance Plan.
NOTE: Data based on Administrative Law Judges' availability during fiscal year 2002; data excludes Regional Chief ALJs.
a. Estimated data.
CONTACT: Beverly Nateghi (703) 605-8788.

Table 2.F9 Number of hearing receipts, dispositions, and end-of-year pending cases, fiscal years 2003–2004
Program	Hearing receipts		Hearing dispositions		End-of-year pending cases
Program	2003	2004 ^a	2003	2004 ^a	2003	2004 ^a
Total	662,733	640,308	571,928	588,300	591,562	643,570
OASI	3,097	3,237	2,717	3,236	3,231	3,350
Disability
DI	226,881	210,821	183,640	203,529	201,317	215,763
SSI	165,896	172,437	149,715	167,360	165,997	168,572
DI and SSI	191,365	181,813	157,849	164,175	185,824	198,692
Medicare (Parts A and B and adversarial)	75,493	72,000	78,005	50,000	35,193	57,193
Black Lung	1	0	2	0	0	0
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals. Actual data from the Key Workload Indicator Report. Estimated data from the Government Performance and Results Act, Annual Performance Plan.
a. Estimated data.
CONTACT: Beverly Nateghi (703) 605-8788.

Table 2.F11 Number of SSA Appeals Council cases, fiscal years 2002–2004
Cases	2002	2003	2004 ^a
Beginning-of-year pending	92,185	59,781	51,078
Receipts	83,063	92,047	97,925
Dispositions	115,467	100,750	96,949
End-of-year pending	59,781	51,078	52,054
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals. Actual data from the Key Workload Indicator Report. Estimated data from the Government Performance and Results Act, Annual Performance Plan.
a. Estimated data.
CONTACT: Beverly Nateghi (703) 605-8788.