(ML 2821 Rev. 11-02)
(Manual Renumbered effective 04/01/2004 ML2914)
Recipients will be matched with the Social Security Administration (BENDEX) to secure annual wage amounts, annual self-employment, and annual pension amounts. This information is received from the SSA but originated with the Internal Revenue Service. The Social Security Administration will keep all of the individuals on their computer file and will submit a tape, known as "BENDEX" to the state containing the calendar year totals as the new information is updated in their records. This information must be safeguarded, inclusive of case files that contain verification letters, case history notes, and referrals.
Ineligible/denied individuals will be deleted on a monthly basis from the IEVS BENDEX.
The Medicaid program will continue to use the data from the Social Security Administration with regards to in-state and out-of-state employers. The TANF and Food Stamp programs will use only the out-of-state information for annual wage matches from the Social Security Administration.
The established tolerance level for this match is up to $600 per year per client. For Medicaid, in-state and out-of-state employers will be shown. For TANF and Food Stamps, only out-of-state employers will be shown.
If the match is within the tolerance level, it will automatically show on the tracking screen as being correct. The eligibility worker will not be required to take action on those individuals; however, the eligibility worker should review those alerts to determine whether possible fraudulent activities exist for non-reporting. For Medicaid individuals, the alerts will need to be worked on the tracking screen as they will not be done automatically.