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What Is the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), and Why Doesn’t It Catch Every Death?
The Social Security Death Index, or SSDI, is the name most people use for the public version of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File (DMF), a running record of reported deaths that the agency originally built to stop benefit payments to people who...
Death Audit Compliance: A Practical Guide for Regulated Organizations
In 2023, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation discovered that a single pension fund had received $127 million in overpayments tied to nearly 3,500 deceased participants. The error was traced back to inadequate death audit procedures, and the fallout has reshaped...
What Is a Death Audit? How It Works, Who Needs One, and Why It Matters
Every day, benefit payments are sent to individuals who are no longer alive. Pension checks continue to be mailed. Insurance policies remain active. Health study records go unupdated. For the organizations responsible for managing these obligations, the financial and...
How AI is Reshaping Identity Verification
Fraud in regulated industries has entered a new phase. Synthetic identities, deepfake documents, and AI-generated personas are putting pressure on retirement plans, insurance providers, and health study administrators who depend on accurate participant data. At the...