How do Federal Intercepts work?

Federal intercepts are almost completely a systematic process which identifies debt that is eligible for a federal level intercept.

      SUITS will send notification to the employer that they have debt eligible for federal interception

      SUITS will update the intercept to an active status

      SUITS updates the Daily TOP Outbound file containing all employers identified that have an Active status

      System determines total amount due to employer account and as payments are received they will be applied to the employer account, and the total amount due will be updated.

      Records that have errors will be returned in the Daily Un-Processable file and case managers will be alerted that the record needs to be updated

To look up intercept records:

Go to Manage Collection Functions in the Employer Services LHS menu.

Select the Intercept icon

Search for by Employer ID or other criteria

Post Benefit Charges to Employer Account