The Death Master File, or DMF, is the master list of citizen deaths known to the Social Security Administration. The file contains over 86 million records of deceased social security number holders, including names, dates of birth, and dates of death, in addition to the social security number of each decedent.
Employers, financiers, and security companies utilize the DMF to protect themselves from unscrupulous individuals, employees or borrowers who are operating under an assumed identity.
Life insurance firms utilize the DMF in order to know when to cease paying annuities, and are required by law in some states to search the DMF on a regular basis in order to guarantee that benefits are paid to the heirs of the deceased.
Businesses that use consumer reports, under the new rules, must adopt a plan to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft.
Companies must be CERTIFIED by NTIS to screen the DMF. The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) established a certification program for those seeking access to the Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF) pursuant to Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Pub. L. 113-67). The final rule, which supersedes and replaces the interim final rule previously in effect, was published in the Federal Register on June 1, 2016, and became effective November 28, 2016. The notice announcing the final rule may be viewed at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-06-01/html/2016-12479.htm.
OIG Compliance Now has completed the NTIS certification process; we are an ISO 27001:2013 certified company by SRI Quality System Registrar. Please contact us with any questions.
To access the OIG Compliance NOW! DMF Portal please use the same email and password that you use to login the Sanction Screening NOW! portal.
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Emailed results will be sent to the email address you used to login. Simply click on the link in the email to access to the secure message center. If this is your first time logging into the secure message center you will be asked to create a password. After logging in, select an encrypted message and click on the attachment link to save the PDF results to your computer.
You may receive your DMF results via encrypted 7-Zip download or via encrypted email. To change the delivery method please visit the settings page. Click here to view the settings page
Note: If Get DMF results via encrypted email is selected, results will be sent to the email address that you used to login.
The system automatically checks for formatting errors in your file. Any errors will prevent your file from processing. Please use the provided CSV template, or check your file against the requirements listed in the formatting question.