Adult Medicaid Manual MA-2440 AUTOMATED SOLQ PROCEDURES

10/01/02

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Background

North Carolina has adopted a new method of transmitting data to the Social Security

Administration to verify benefit information. The new Wire-to-Wire system will provide amore efficient and rapid method of exchanging data between Social Security and the State for applicants and recipients. North Carolina is one of the first states to pilot this new method of exchanging information.

B. Benefits of the Wire-to-Wire System

Use of the Wire-to-Wire system benefits counties by:

1 . Providing prompt verified benefits,

2 Reducing the need to refer applicants to the Social Security District Offices to obtain benefit verification,

3 Obsoleting the use of the manual third party query cards,

4. Allowing on-line inquiry into SDX, BENDEX, ESC, SOLQ and TPQY with an entry of a single SSN,

5. Preventing duplication of work for TPQY requests. If a TPQY request has been previously generated for a particular SSN, a message will appear indicating the request is currently pending for that SSN, and

6. Resolving SSN discrepancies.

C. SOLQ VERIFICATION

SOLQ provides verification of but not limited to:

1. RSDI - payment amount, Railroad Retirement/Black Lung indicator,

2. SSI - current and prior month payment amount, current pay status, resource information, unearned income information,

(I.C.)

3. Date of birth,

4. Onset date of Disability/Blindness,

5. Health insurance information - Medicare part A and B buy-in effective date and premium amount, payor indicator (State or self), cross reference account numbers,

6. SSN - indicator shows whether the SSN has been verified, or if the input SSN is incorrect, SSA may be able to provide the correct SSN.

Note: Refer to the EIS 1107 for more detailed information obtained by SOLQ inquiry.

For questions or clarification on any of the policy contained in these manuals, please contact your local county office.