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Improper Payments Elimination and Reduction Act of 2012 (IPE

– Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated Treasury

the Fiscal Service to operate the Do Not Pay Business Center assist agencies in identifying and preventing improper paymen

Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015 (FIPCA)

– Expands the IPERIA authority to the States on a limited capac

Payment Integrity Improvement Act of 2019 (PIIA)

– Re-established DNP and expanded authorities to all States an– All federally funded state administered programs can now use 

payments or award eligibility to prevent improper payments

Legislative Authority
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To protect the integrity of the federal government’s payment procassisting federal agencies and state programs in their efforts to idprevent improper payments

– All work must have a connection to improper payments– All DNP services are FREE– Available for any federally funded state-administered progra

DNP Business Center Components

Our Mission
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Eligibility 

Verification

Confirm 

payee 

eligibility by 

matching to 

data sources

Integrity 

Checks

Identify hard-todetect errors, 

anomalies, 

fraud risk in 

payees, 

payments, or 

invoices

Preventative 

Controls 

Assessment

Demonstrate if 

internal controls are 

effectively 

preventing improper 

payments

Payee 

Consolidation

Identify 

potential 

duplicates

Results allow State Programs to:• Establish point-in-time verification of current processes and risk level of impro• Identify high-risk records to further evaluate based on risk and/or impact• Develop additional process controls and strengthen existing controls to reduce • Maximize resources through prioritized recommendations to implement changOur Capabilities
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Improper payments occur when: • Funds go to the wrong recipient• The right recipient receives the wrong 

amount of funds

• Documentation isn’t available to 

support a payment

• The recipient uses the funds in a 

manner that is inconsistent with why it was awarded

If a payment meets any of the above criteria, it is considered improper

Improper Payment Definition
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Who can benefit from DNP Services?

Unemployment Insurance

SNAP Office of 

TANF

Vendo

Foster & Child Care

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Office of Inspector General

Office of State Auditor

CARES Act MedicaidRecipients Providers

Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019

– Each State and any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a 

State, including a State auditor or State program responsible for reducing improper payments of a federally funded Stateadministered program, and the judicial and legislative branches of the United States, as defined in paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 202(e) of title 18, shall have access to, and use of, the Do Not Pay Initiative for the purpose of verifying payment or award eligibility for payments.

ARPA
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Addresses Multiple Stakeholder Needs

• Department of Human Services• State Healthcare Authority• Workforce Development• Grant Administrator 

• Disbursement Offices

• Office of • Secretary • State Tre• Office of • Office of 

Disbursempayments the recipieprovider, o

Disbursement

and

Payment

Program 

Offices

Oversight
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Support the Point-in-Time Prevention & IImproper PaymentsVerify Payee or Payment Eligibility ThrouLifecycle Detect Potentially Fraudulent ActivityIdentify Overpayment Risks Associated wPaymentsEnsure Screening Efficacy through the RQuality Provide Time, Resource, and Cost SavinTurnaround of Results & Access to Data 

DNP can help unlock benefits using your data
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State Customers

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 FIPCA Designated State Engaged State Analytics Project Portal Onboarding

DNP’s Overall State Impact:DNP has continued to engage the state community at large, including continuing its partnership with Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington. In fact, all three of the initially designated states have had at least one office onboard to DNP services.Since FY17, DNP has promoted its services to 85programs across 43 states resulting in 35 requests for Portal Enrollment and/or Analytics Projects. As of June 2023, state agencies and programs have shared feedback that their partnership with DNP has resulted in the identification of $34.6M in

improper payments.
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DNP Business Center Components
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Pre-awardBefore you start to pay, search Dto make sure it’s okay to pay thiperson or company.Pre-paymentCheck again throughout the time this person or company is gettinpayments or set up to monitor theligibility. You can also research matches.Post-paymentUse Data Analytics to get reportand see trends. Use the reports fix any problems and improve yoservice.

DNP and the Payment Life Cycle

Pre-award• Verify Federal 

Award Eligibility

Pre-payment• Re-verify or Monitor 

Program Eligibility for Payments Research Matches

Post-payment• Trending & Analytics• Reporting• Corrective Action
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Free web-based Portal and central location for improper payment relat

Online SearchUser can search an individual or entity and view matching records instantly at Batch MatchingOne-time bulk submission for screening grants or loan payments against specContinuous MonitoringContinuous screening for eligibility verification against specified data sources loan recipient listingWeb Service/APIA Web Service or Application Programming Interface (API) creates a connectipayment systems and the DNP Portal. This integrates the functionalities of thagency internal systems.• Single Query: Call contains search criteria of one entity to be matched.• Multiple Query: Call contains the search criteria of up to 100 entities per qu

DNP Portal
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Death Data

• Social Security Administration (SSA) 

Death Master File (DMF) Public

 Full DMF expected late 2023

• American InfoSource (AIS) 

 Obituary  County-Level Probate Records

• Department of Defense (DOD) 

Death Data 

• Department of State (DOS) 

Death Data

• National Association for Public Health 

Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) Electronic Verification of Vital Events Fact of Death (EVVE-FOD) 

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• Department 

Services (HHIndividuals a

• General Serv

System for AExclusion Re

Barred 

Foreign Entities

• Department of Treasury (TREAS) 

Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC)

Registered Entities/

Non-Profit

• General Services Administration (GSA) 

System for Award Management (SAM) Entity Registration Records

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax 

Exemption Lists:

 990-N (e-postcard), 

 Publication 78 (Pub78),  Automatic Revocation of 

Exemption List

Current Data Sources Available for State Pro

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Plan & Provi

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• Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Incarceration Data

Contains information on incarcerated individuals under the jurisdiction of the U.S. ADoes not contain state, county, local, or private incarceration records. Verifies elig

which are prohibited or adjusted for prisoners.

• Department of Agriculture’s National Disqualified List (NDL) 

Contains information on providers that are ineligible to receive federal funding for a including agencies, individuals, and institutions who have been found to have serioadministration or documentation

• Health and Human Services National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (N

Contains information on approved health care providers and health plans; data incProvider Identifier which is unique to the business and is used across various gove

• DNP Adjudication Data

Information from Do Not Pay customers regarding a determination of whether a pa

improper, or under review as well as any comments associated with the determinaavailable to assist customers in prioritizing research that has been completed by omore likely to result in a proper or improper determination.

Upcoming Current Data Sources
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Success Stories

Porta

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Publicly Posted reports frohttps://www.fiscal.treasury.g
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File Creation

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Adjudication/ 

Evaluation of 

Match Results

Feedback of

Adjudication Results

to DNP

Medicaid and SNAP

July 2022 158

August 2022 100

September 2022 29

October 2022 64

November 2022 73

March 2023 20

April 2023 11

Total Confirmed Deaths: 2,215

Cost Avoidance: $4,304,291 

Recovery: $1,197,517 

Total: $5,501,808 

Continuous Monitoring Snapshot – Monthly P

Oregon Office of Payment Accuracy and Recovery
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Success Story- AnalyticsAn oversight office partnered with DNP in its review of a Federal benefit program of using DNP services to support their efforts in the identification and preventiopayments. DNP analyzed 10M beneficiary records to verify their eligibility and identify poteactivity between 2020-2021 which included COVID-19 relief funding. 

Death Data Source MatchingFinding: $38.6M in benefits were awarded to 2.2K beneficiaries that appeadeceased on or before the payment or claim date.Age AssessmentFinding: $26M in benefits were awarded to 1.6K beneficiaries that appeareor older than 100.Mailing AddressFinding: $6.8B in benefits were awarded to 386K beneficiaries that shared 

with 10 or more additional beneficiaries.
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State 3Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Verification AnalysisFY 2020-2021 and partial 2022• 268M records provided• 9K distinct recipients (108K suspected improper 

payments) who were deceased before their medical service date. 

• 11.6K recipients with incorrect Security Numbers 

(SSNs) 

• Results: $1,425,777Alabama Dept of Examiners of Public AccountsUnemployment Insurance Oct 2020 – Sept 2022• 7.5M payment records provided• 302 Individuals confirmed as being deceased/ 6,345 

payments made

• Results: $1,349,255 in Improper Payments

 Date range of deaths: 1943 - May 2022

https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/eopa/audit_reports

/23__068_23-068-Dept.%20of%20Labor%20Special.pdf

State 4CARES Act Vendor Eligibility July 2018 to January 2021

• 119K records reviewed• $1M in improper payments a

vendors (Federal Funding). 

 An additional $12M in S

• $497,493: continued their pe

these debarred vendors

TN Comptroller of the TreasuryUnemployment Insurance July 2020 to June 2021

• 530 individual records provid• 93 Individuals confirmed as 

 4 individuals confirmed 

• Results: $410,709 improper 

https://comptroller.tn.gov/content/search/disclaimer/2022/2021Sing

Success Stories
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All DNP Services are FREE!• Customer Time and Resource 

Commitment

– Overview, Scope and Planning– Governance/Legal Approvals– Data Query and Secure 

Connection/ Data Transfer

– Training (Portal, ConMon)– Agency/Program use

• Adjudicate Results• Feedback

Consul

Project 

Initiatio

Deliverable

Feedback

Associated Costs and Commitment
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INITIATION

• Meet with DNP 

Schedule an Overview discussion

• Initiate Request 

Let DNP know that you are interested in an engagement Portal 

 Analytics Project

• Consultation/Scope

DNP will coordinate discussions to learn more about your eligibility requirements and data

PLANNING 

& INTAKE

• Formal Request

Execution of:

Initial Questions Document 

(Portal)

Customer Acknowledgment 

Form (Analytics)

• Legal Approval

Review and approval by DNP 

and Fiscal Service Legal

• Secure Connection 

Establish and test secure 

connection

Transfer customer data

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• 

EXECUTION

• Kick-Off Discussions

Portal OverviewMeet the Analytics team 

• Portal Engagement

Online SearchEstablish Bulk File 

submission

Web Services/ Application 

Programing Interface (API)

• Perform Analytics

Analyses will be performed utilizing customer provided data

Let’s Get Started!
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Jon Ortiz

Team Lead, Outreach and Business ProcessesDo Not Pay Business CenterBureau of the Fiscal ServiceJon.Ortiz@fiscal.treasury.gov

Visit our website:

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/dnp/states.html

Contact Us
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 “Utilizing DNP’s risk scoring capabilities enhanced our planning activities and prov

actionable results.”--State Auditor’s Office of Massachusetts

 “Direct benefits include authoritative sourcing that increases LAD’s credibility with 

results alert agencies to data errors in their identification data. These skills and the 

become part of our growing data analytic toolbox.For LAD, personnel costs were saved by using a single source, rather than manuayears do death records the state death records. This saved time both in compiling quality control checks. In addition, the DNP service provided a level of certainty abstate source does not.”--Montana Legislative Audit Division

 “Our partnership with DNP has resulted in an increase in cost avoidance and reco

consistently every month. Additionally, it provides a resource to identify our clients passed away out of state or out of country. We’ve had a positive experience workin

team and encourage others to explore the benefits of this resource.” --Oregon Department of Human Services, Data Match Unit Managers

Customer Feedback