United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-08-29 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:HEHS-94-211 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-211 P0b002ee180379549 f:he94211 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-211 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-211 HEHS-94-211 Information gathering operations Vital records Beneficiaries Interagency relations Social security benefits Reporting requirements Information dissemination operations Records management Data integrity Employee survivors benefits SSA Master Beneficiary Record Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program Social Security Program Supplemental Security Income Program SSA Death Alert Control and Update System Letter Report HEHS Nearly all the information based on reports of death that the Social Security Administration (SSA) shares with other federal agencies is accurate. The accuracy of this information, which is provided to such agencies as the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Labor, is essential to prevent or identify millions of dollars in overpayments by federal agencies to deceased persons and to avoid the erroneous termination of benefits. Fewer than one percent of the nearly 350,000 recorded deaths GAO reviewed were inaccurate. SSA can make its information more useful by taking action in four areas: the handling of cases erroneously terminated, processing of rejected death reports, providing information on nonbeneficiaries, and using feedback based on agency investigations of deaths. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-211/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-211.htm GAO/HEHS-94-211 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-94-211 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-94-211; Social Security: Most Social Security Death Information Accurate But Improvements Possible; Information gathering operations Vital records Beneficiaries Interagency relations Social security benefits Reporting requirements Information dissemination operations Records management Data integrity Employee survivors benefits SSA Master Beneficiary Record Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program Social Security Program Supplemental Security Income Program SSA Death Alert Control and Update System