The Role of National Hearing Centers in Reducing the Hearings Backlog
April 04, 2012
The National Hearing Centers are part of SSA’s strategy to address the pending hearings backlog and reduce case-processing time by increasing adjudicatory capacity and efficiency with a focus on an electronic hearings process. Administrative law judges at the NHCs use video technology to conduct all of their hearings. ALJs at the NHCs conduct video hearings with claimants in hearing offices or other sites nationwide.