David Camp, NOSSCR CEO

A Productive Year

Looking back on NOSSCR’s 2024, I hope you’ve enjoyed the expansion of NOSSCR’s communications, services, and events. We added more regional conferences, online CLE, and substantive communications—all while refreshing our branding and website. Our Nashville conference was a return to the 1,000+ attendance of many years ago, and your reviews tell us it went well. We’re also encouraged to see that registration for the April national conference in Washington is running well ahead of the pace of prior conferences, including our new option for streaming.

As for our advocacy, it was an extremely productive year. Much of that success was due to our relationship with Commissioner O’Malley, who will be remembered as one of the most effective Commissioners. He was engaged in the work, and he relied on NOSSCR with direct communication at all hours. That relationship was bolstered—as always—by NOSSCR’s reputation for being bold yet never wrong, and by deep productive relationships with the leadership of all SSA components. By now, most of you will have received a fee reflecting the increased cap—an achievement that we now must work to protect. With this week’s launch of an expanded Representative Call Center, you’ve seen just one of the many examples of seeds planted by our work with Commissioner O’Malley—seeds that will sprout in the months and years to come under the leadership of others.

Later, we hope to see a proposed revision of the musculoskeletal listing, access to more evidence earlier (including the “DDE”), expanded return to work efforts, and additional information available in the new AARPS portal (using the more secure login options of login.gov or id.me). We’re pushing hard on the cost and burdens of medical records, and hope to provide you with meaningful updates by the time of our April conference in Washington.

As we enjoy the holidays, we should all take note of the value of excellence in the leadership of SSA, and I hope you appreciate that NOSSCR is your voice—making improvements for you and your clients whenever there are opportunities.