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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 101 – Coverage Groups and Processing Applications and Reviews Page |330 Effective Month: December 2016 ELECTRONIC DATA SOURCES UTILIZED BY DOM (Continued) ABD applications utilize the same electronic data sources shown below.

Electronic data sources utilized by the agency include the following:

• Social Security Administration – verifies non-financial factors of eligibility such as SSN verification, U.S. citizenship verification, age verification, disability onset date, if appropriate, and financial verification of benefits paid through SSA. • Department of Homeland Security – verifies immigration status of immigrants in possession of immigration or naturalization papers that can be used to match with Homeland Security. • Department of Employment Security – verifies wages reported to the agency as the State Wage Information Collection or SWICA agency. Also verifies Unemployment Compensation benefits paid. • TALX (or the Work Number) – commercial database that verifies wages reported by employers that utilize this service. • EVVE or Electronic Verification of Vital Events – verifies birth records for births in all states that utilize this service. • Office of Child Support Enforcement (through the Department of Human Services) – verifies compliance with child support requirements for adults subject to this provision as a post-eligibility requirement. • PERS or Public Employees Retirement System (in MS) – verifies benefits paid by PERS.

101.08.03B ELECTRONIC DATA SOURCES UTILIZED BY THE FFM The FFM utilizes electronic data sources such as the Social Security Administration, TALX, and the Department of Homeland Security to determine eligibility for participation in a qualified health plan or potential eligibility for MAGI-related Medicaid or CHIP. Verified information is passed to DOM through the Account Transfer (AT) record along with attested information from the application filed with the FFM. AT records are then matched or are available for matching with DOM utilized data sources.