Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Social Security Administration OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Social Security Administration OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Social Security Administration
Report Number
022332
Report Description
Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration issued payments to beneficiaries who were deceased according to Puerto Rico vital statistics records.We referred 225 records of beneficiaries in current or suspended payment statuses who had matching Puerto Rico death records – 155 to OIG Office of Investigations in November 2023 and 70 to SSA in December 2023. (Questioned costs is the total of payment amounts made to the beneficiaries after their deaths through September 2023. Funds put to better is an estimated future loss calculated by multiplying the monthly payment amount each beneficiary in current pay received in September 2023 by 12.)
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
0
Questioned Costs
$4,855,241
Funds for Better Use
$1,858,021
