Using Medicare Claim Data to Identify Deceased Beneficiaries
August 06, 2012
Based on the results of our review, we believe SSA can use enhanced Medicare claim data to better identify deceased beneficiaries using less time and fewer resources. We estimate that SSA overpaid 890 deceased beneficiaries about $99 million. Further, we estimate that over the next 12 months, SSA will pay about $9 million in additional overpayments to these deceased beneficiaries.