March 2016 Board Meeting
03/22/2016
The Board met with Andrew LaMont Eanes, Senior Advisor to Acting Commissioner of Social Security (ACOSS). Mr. Eanes gave a presentation on the Online Applications project’s success. The Board met with the Office of Electronic Services and Technology (Operations) team. The Board met with Terrie Gruber, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR). Ms. Gruber gave an update to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hiring situation. The Board met with Linda Kerr-Davis, Acting Chief Program Officer and John Garrigues, Deputy Chief Program Officer, Disability Case Processing System (DCPS). Ms Kerr-Davis and Mr. Garrigues updated the Board on their current actions on the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recommendations, the current state of development and the roll out plan. The Board traveled to Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment known as BTE’s corporate headquarters. The Board met with Connie Miller, Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS), Certified Case Manager (CCM), Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), Vice President Business Development, and Angela Berwick, Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR), Clinical Manager of Onsite Programs. Ms. Miller gave an overview of BTE’s program services to assess an individual’s residual functional capacity. Ms. Berwick gave an interactive demonstration of BTE’s EvalTech system.