Exclusion Screening

The Office of Inspector General’s “List of Excluded Individuals and Entities” (LEIE), the General Service Administration’s Suspension and Debarment List (GSA/SAM), and State Exclusion Lists are the sanction lists have the greatest impact on healthcare providers.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) master files contain, among other things, a registry of all Social Security beneficiaries (along with their assigned Social Security Numbers) issued by the government since 1936.

The Death Master File is a subset of the files contained in SSA’s “Numerical Identification System” or “Numident” database, which is itself a subset of the entire SSA master file collection.

Regardless of whether you are affiliated with an insurance payor, a health plan, a state licensing body, a credentialing organization or a participating provider or supplier organization, screening against the Social Security Death Master File is yet another step you can take to enhance your overall regulatory compliance efforts. Coupled with your ongoing federal and state screening obligations, checking the Death Master File can add an entirely new dimension to your regulatory compliance efforts.
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