Your efforts can help reunite people with the benefits their loved ones worked hard to secure for them. Finding missing beneficiaries can be an overwhelming task, especially if there are several missing beneficiary searches to complete at once. It’s also time-consuming to conduct search efforts and document the steps [continue reading]
The First Name That Wasn’t On paper, everything lined up: a Social Security number, a date of birth, even a location that matched one of our client’s participants. The only issue? The name in the obituary didn’t match the one in the client file. The obituary referred to the [continue reading]
In an era when government spending is under intense scrutiny, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (or “OBBBA”) is reshaping how Medicaid approaches program integrity. One of the least talked about tools maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Death Master File (DMF), will play a large role. [continue reading]
It Started with Almost Nothing Sometimes, the smallest clue is all we need to uncover the full story. In this case, our team located an obituary with just a name and general location – no age, no date of birth, no definitive identifiers. At first glance, it wasn’t enough [continue reading]
The Curveball During a routine death validation, one record stood out. The individual had several potential matches and incomplete data, with no confirmed date of death available through standard sources. While reviewing the obituary, the Berwyn Team of Experts spotted a comment mentioning the individual’s connection to Major League [continue reading]
Veteran Leader Brings Deep Industry Expertise to Advance Berwyn’s Healthcare Strategy [Independence, Ohio, June 13, 2025] -- The Berwyn Group (Berwyn), the leader in death audit, locate services and population management, is pleased to announce the hiring of Adam Wilson as General Manager of Healthcare. Wilson brings extensive healthcare industry [continue reading]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) appears to have reversed a substantial and unprecedented addition of records to the Death Master File (DMF), highlighting the importance of expert interpretation in managing and understanding government datasets. Looking Back: DMF Experienced Significant Increase in April 2025 In early April 2025, the DMF saw [continue reading]
Protecting Tomorrow's Privacy, Today At The Berwyn Group, we handle some of your most sensitive information – birth dates and personal identifiers that retain their value and sensitivity for decades. As custodians of this data, we constantly evaluate emerging threats to your privacy and security. One such threat has quietly [continue reading]
The Clue During a death validation review, our team encountered an obituary featuring a photo of the decedent on a Harley-Davidson. While the death record itself was plausible, we needed additional confirmation to confidently tie it to the correct individual—especially given multiple similar name matches. The Trail The photo [continue reading]
Background At The Berwyn Group, we often encounter near-identical records that challenge even the most sophisticated death audit processes. One recurring challenge is distinguishing between twins who share not only birthdates, but also strikingly similar names and life histories. Recently, our team encountered several such cases where death records [continue reading]
