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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
A-06-21-51022
Report Description

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration had effective controls to annotate death information on the Numident records of numberholders who exceeded maximum reasonable life expectancies.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
3
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 Yes $0 $0 Disagree

Use the death information already in its records to input death information on 2.5 million numberholders’ Numident records.

2 No $0 $0 Disagree

Use death information in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and various state death data files to input death information on approximately 498,000 Numident records.

3 No $0 $0 Disagree

Develop a methodology to annotate death information onto the Numident records of the approximately 15.8 million remaining non-current payment status beneficiary numberholders identified by our audit.

Social Security Administration OIG

United States