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Match of Puerto Rico Death Information Against Social Security Records

August 27, 2019

Office Affiliation: The Office of Audit

Audit Report Number: A-08-14-14013

We issued this to (1) determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) made payments to beneficiaries and representative payees who were deceased according to Puerto Rico Department of Health vital records and (2) identify non-beneficiaries who were deceased according to Puerto Rico vital records but whose death information did not appear in SSA records.

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