Follow-up on Deceased Beneficiaries and Recipients with No Death Information on the Numident

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s controls over the recording of death information on the Numident database for deceased beneficiaries.

Date Issued:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Social Security Administration

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

A-09-20-50936

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	No
Record death information on the Numident, as appropriate, for the 40 deceased beneficiaries in our sample.
2	Open	Yes
Take action, as appropriate, to record death information in the Numident for the 15,714 beneficiaries identified by our current audit.
3	Open	Yes
Take appropriate action to record death information to the Numident for the 595,514 beneficiaries identified by our prior audits.
4	Open	No
Enhance systems to ensure employees can only record beneficiary/recipient death information using Death Information Processing System.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Record death information on the Numident, as appropriate, for the 40 deceased beneficiaries in our sample.

Open

Yes

Take action, as appropriate, to record death information in the Numident for the 15,714 beneficiaries identified by our current audit.

Open

Yes

Take appropriate action to record death information to the Numident for the 595,514 beneficiaries identified by our prior audits.