- Conducts interviews virtually with RSDI beneficiaries and/or SSI recipients and their respective collateral sources all over the United States and territories by telephone to verify the correctness of payments as they relate to a specific sample period and/or serves as an expert for a specialty area within the AIPQB, e.g., SSI Transaction Accuracy Review, RSI Transaction Accuracy Review, Postentitlement, Quality Visits and Collaboration, 800 Number, Systems Coordination, Service Delivery, etc
- Analyzes and integrates quality review data produced by the SSI Transaction Accuracy Review and/or the Title II Transaction Accuracy Review studies, stewardship studies and special quality review and evaluation studies carried out in the region
- Identifies deficiencies, anomalies, irregularities, and weaknesses in the RSDI/SSI operational processes through casefile reviews and/or via quality analysis and evaluates the dollar significance of these findings via the field audit
- Analyzes problem cases for payment/nonpayment errors and recommends solutions and improvements
- Conducts reviews for which reports on regional, area, district office (DO), Program Service Center (PSC) or Teleservice Center (TSC) effectiveness and quality are submitted
- Reports integrate the results of the various quality studies (regional, other regions and national) into a cohesive picture of the regional RSDI/SSI program with regard to operations, procedures, measurement of service to the public, electronic data processing (EDP) usage and specific program areas of current interest
- Provides technical assistance, training and mentoring to Assistance and Insurance Programs Quality Branch personnel as needed in program and policy areas
- Develops corrective action recommendations reflecting results of the various studies carried out in the region, the experience of other regions and national experience
- Identifies significant operational problems, trends or training needs
- Recommends appropriate studies and recommends action