Comment on FR Doc # E7-12831

Document ID: SSA-2007-0046-0009
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Social Security Administration
Received Date: August 01 2007, at 05:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: July 22 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: July 3 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: August 2 2007, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80270b9c
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Protecting the Integrity of Social Security Numbers (SSNs)

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The State of Tennessee's Medicaid program, TennCare, would strongly recommend that SSA not eliminate the geographical significance of the first three digits of the SSN. The Medicaid program uses that geographical reference to perform a quality check on invalid SSNs assigned to Medicaid recipients. Tennessee's Office of Inspector General also matches SSNs to birthplace and/or physical location as part of fraud investigations. The geographical reference is necessary for this match. The SSN geographical reference as used in Tennessee saves both State and Federal money.