Finding 00001 - Payment to deceased provider
JIL-FND-RV-B9E4D3C2-00001
Individual sub-record of parent audit JIL-VR-RV-2026-04-19-B9E4D3C2
SAMPLE - FICTITIOUS SUBJECT DATA
0 - Identifiers and retention
Sub-record identifiers
- Finding ID
- JIL-FND-RV-B9E4D3C2-00001
- Parent Audit ID
- JIL-VR-RV-2026-04-19-B9E4D3C2
- Sequence
- 00001 of 1,247
- Category
- Payment to deceased provider
- Identity dimension
- FWEA-51 NPI enrollment status + SSA DMF cross-reference
- Data source
- SSA DMF + State Vital Records
- Storage
- Inherited from parent (HHS OIG SDV endpoint, vendor-controlled, 15+ year retention)
- Retrieval
- GET /api/v1/verdicts/JIL-FND-RV-B9E4D3C2-00001
- Content hash (SHA-256)
- 03d37cdf61e33c4f81f047028dcccca8544a400c23edf43f97cd9cf52b970485
1 - Subject payment
The specific payment flagged
- Payment date
- 2020-01-18
- Payee (redacted)
- Redacted Clinic B (Corporate)
- Payee NPI
- NPI 1234567810
- Payee state
- GA
- Amount
- $1,687.00 USD
- Rail
- CMS Medicare Part B (fee-for-service)
- Region
- Region 04 (FL/GA/AL)
- Original claim ID
- REDACTED-0000000001
4 - Check matrix (scoped to this payment)
28-dimension identity integrity check trail
Each check ran against the specific payee + payment-date combination. Only the dimension that triggered the finding is shown HIT; others are shown PASS (or N/A where not applicable).
| Check ID | Dimension | Method | Source | Result | Evidence Hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIM-01 | SSA DMF (Death Master File) | Date-of-death lookup vs payment date | SSA DMF (daily feed) | HIT | 26680af092a8b3eb... |
| DIM-02 | State vital records (death) | Cross-reference with state-level vital stats | FL/GA/AL vital records | HIT (confirmed) | e5735415c250b31d... |
| DIM-03 | CMS provider deactivation | PECOS revocation status vs payment date | CMS PECOS | HIT | dbd467d8c926a05c... |
| DIM-04 | HHS OIG LEIE exclusion | Exclusion-date vs payment-date date comparison | HHS OIG LEIE | PASS | 9de23017d450cd02... |
| DIM-05 | SAM.gov exclusions | Federal debarment check against payee entity | SAM.gov | PASS | 54c9309c187bac18... |
| DIM-06 | NPI registration active (NPPES) | NPI record lookup and activation status | NPPES | PASS (NPI active at payment date) | 5ab17da0c34c6724... |
| DIM-07 | State licensing board | License active + in-good-standing check | State medical boards | PASS | 03f56966b085682b... |
| DIM-08 | DEA registration | DEA registration number + schedule authority | DEA | N/A (payment is not for controlled substances) | f0715c6b8f1c06ae... |
| DIM-09 | SOS (State-of-Secretary) business status | Entity formation and dissolution check | FL/GA/AL SoS | PASS (entity in good standing) | cd84503178f82af9... |
| DIM-10 | Address verification (payee) | Address match against registered provider record | USPS + CMS PECOS | PASS | c25452d6166e6dfb... |
| Dimensions DIM-11 through DIM-28 are included in the sealed sub-record but truncated in this summary view for readability. All results PASS unless otherwise indicated. Full 28-row matrix in the downloadable sealed PDF. | |||||
5 - Disposition
Finding verdict
Attested Disposition
IMPROPER PAYMENT IDENTIFIED
Category: Payment to deceased provider
Dollar exposure: $1,687.00 (recoverable under Full recovery per 42 CFR 411 - provider ineligible)
Primary dimension: FWEA-51 NPI enrollment status + SSA DMF cross-reference
Recovery path: intake-ready for DOJ Civil Division OR referring to HHS OIG CMS ZPIC for Medicare Part B recovery proceedings. Evidence chain sealed per FRE 702 / 901.
6 - Cryptographic seal
Finding-level seal
- Finding content hash (SHA-256)
- 03d37cdf61e33c4f81f047028dcccca8544a400c23edf43f97cd9cf52b970485
- Ed25519 signature (over finding content + parent audit ID)
- 3eb98b5f505f670b086a749caf0e920a96fc6dfe93e513afb629f6d4b4ccee8c
- Dilithium-III signature (post-quantum hybrid)
- 915d8b4f4e06df1867a8a8dd2fdc88f0c29ab1667082b5a4ff46a9e831f3356a
- Contribution to parent Merkle root
- leaf position 1, evidence hash above
- Parent audit L1 anchor
- Block #892,415 - Tx 0xbc123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890f
- Validator quorum
- Inherited from parent (14/20 across 10 jurisdictions)
- Tamper evidence
- Any modification to this finding record invalidates the parent audit's Merkle root. Independently verifiable by recomputing SHA-256 of the finding content and verifying against the leaf hash stored at position 1 of the parent's rollup.
7 - Chain of custody
When this specific finding was sealed
- Identity lookup
- 2026-04-19 09:14:38 UTC
- Check dispatched
- 2026-04-19 09:14:41 UTC (parallel with 49.87M records)
- Dimension hit recorded
- 2026-04-19 09:30:11 UTC
- Finding sealed
- 2026-04-19 09:31:22 UTC (Ed25519 + Dilithium-III signatures)
- Merkle leaf committed
- 2026-04-19 09:31:38 UTC (leaf position 1 of rollup)
- Parent audit anchored
- 2026-04-19 09:31:47 UTC (block #892,415)
- Sub-record delivered to vendor SDV
- 2026-04-19 09:31:49 UTC