Match of California Death Information Against Social Security Administration Records
- Audit report number
- A-06-14-24138
- Management challenge
- Improve the Prevention, Detection, and Recovery of Improper Payments
- Full report
- /~assets/audits/full/a-06-14-24138.pdf
- Summary report
- /~assets/audits/summary/summary-24138.pdf
We issued this report to determine whether death information on California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Death Statistical Master Files was recorded on Social Security Administration (SSA) records. We also determined the status of six cases from our 2014 audit of Payments to Individuals with Deaths Reported in California from 1980 to 1987 (A-06-14-21416) that were pending Office of Investigations review or SSA verification.