H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.
While error prevention can reduce both the fiscal impact of improper payments and the reputational damage caused by error-prone systems, stricter federal eligibility requirements will also increase verification volume and create additional opportunities for fraud.
In this webinar, we’ll unpack the implications of H.R. 1. We’ll explain how public benefit agencies can proactively prepare to meet federal requirements while enhancing their fraud prevention strategy and maintaining access for eligible individuals. Attendees will learn how modern, risk-based identity strategies balance compliance, fraud risk and program access by treating identity as core infrastructure.
Join us to learn how to:
- Evaluate H.R. 1 and its impact on public benefit programs
- Leverage modern, risk-based identity strategies to reduce payment error rates
- Meet federal requirements while reducing manual review volumes and optimizing caseworker engagement
- Balance security and access for vulnerable populations
Speakers
Will Kern
Principal Solutions Consultant, Socure
Will Kern is a seasoned product/technical leader and startup veteran with more than 25 years of experience building and scaling identity verification and data solutions for enterprise and government markets. Will has a proven track record of success in conceptualizing and building engaging, and complex technical solutions for industry and government clients. Experienced and highly effective in identifying market trends and developing / executing product strategies to address the needs in state, local, federal government and industry clients. Strategically focused, with the ability to react to a fast paced, ever changing product environment.
Jennifer Kent
Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government
Jennifer Kent has more than fifteen years of extensive health administration and policy experience in California that spans over three gubernatorial administrations and encompasses both private and public delivery systems. As Director, Kent oversaw the second largest public healthcare system in the nation with an annual budget of over $100B and serving approximately 13 million Californians. She oversaw the administration of twenty-four managed care plans as well as 56 county behavioral health plans. Kent has also held leadership roles in the Health & Human Services Agency and Governor’s offices as well as experience in the private sector as a lobbyist, consultant and association executive.
Dan Lohrmann — Moderator
Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government
Daniel J. Lohrmann is an internationally recognized cybersecurity leader, technologist, keynote speaker and author. He led Michigan government’s cybersecurity and technology infrastructure teams from May 2002 to August 2014, including as enterprise-wide chief security officer (CSO), chief technology officer (CTO) and chief information security officer (CISO). During his distinguished career, he has served both the public and private sectors in a variety of executive leadership capacities including advising senior leaders at the White House, National Governors Association (NGA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Throughout his career he has received numerous national awards including CSO of the Year, Public Official of the Year and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader.
