Prevention over recovery
Catching the death before disbursement is dramatically cheaper than pursuing a clawback.
Government & Public Sector
Stop improper payments before the next disbursement
Every benefit payment issued to a deceased recipient becomes a recovery case, an audit finding and a headline. Detecting the death before the payment cycle runs avoids all three.
7 DaysDetection windowTypically identifies the death before the next monthly cycle.
50States coveredIncluding recipients who moved across jurisdictions.
BatchPre-disbursement sweepsScreen the full beneficiary roll ahead of every payment run.
The exposure
What goes wrong without current deceased data
Every one of these failures traces back to the same root cause: the death happened weeks before the data you screen against reflected it.
- Benefit and entitlement payments continue after a recipient dies
- Recovery of improper payments is expensive and frequently unsuccessful
- Inter-agency data sharing lags the actual date of death by weeks
- Audit findings and improper-payment reporting obligations create sustained pressure
The outcome
What changes for government & public agencies
Cleaner eligibility rolls
Scheduled sweeps keep beneficiary and enrolment rolls accurate between formal reviews.
Defensible audit trail
Timestamped verification evidence supports improper-payment reporting and audit response.
True nationwide reach
Coverage across all fifty states, including recipients who relocated across state lines.
Where it fits in an agency workflow
Agencies typically run a scheduled batch against the beneficiary roll immediately before each payment cycle, holding any matched record for caseworker confirmation. Real-time verification is added at the eligibility-determination step so a new application filed under a decedent identity is stopped at intake rather than after enrolment.
The flow
From identity to decision
STEP 01
Send the identity
Post the name, date of birth and any combination of SSN or last known address to our verification endpoint, or upload a batch file through the dashboard.
STEP 02
We match against the live index
The identity is scored against our continuously refreshed nationwide deceased index, built from source records rather than downstream aggregators.
STEP 03
Get a decision-ready verdict
You receive a clear deceased / not-found verdict, a confidence score, the date of death where available and a reference ID you can store for audit.
STEP 04
Act before the loss
Block the application, freeze the account, pause the benefit payment or route to manual review, all before funds move and while recovery is still possible.
FAQ
Government & Public Agencies questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
How does this compare to inter-agency death data sharing?
Inter-agency feeds are authoritative but slow, because a death has to be reported, processed and then propagated between systems. That chain commonly takes weeks. Sourcing directly from state and local jurisdictions compresses it to roughly a week, which is usually the difference between preventing a payment and attempting to recover one.
Can we run this against our full beneficiary roll on a schedule?
Yes. Batch verification is built for exactly this. Agencies commonly run the complete roll before each payment cycle and hold matched records for caseworker confirmation before any benefit is suspended.
What evidence do we get for audit and improper-payment reporting?
Every verification is logged with a reference ID, timestamp, the criteria used, the matched fields and the source classification. Prior results can be retrieved by reference ID at any time, which supports both audit response and individual appeal handling.
How is access controlled?
Access is contracted to vetted institutions with a documented permissible business purpose, and credentials are scoped per environment. Submission retention windows are configurable so the integration can be aligned with your agency's data-governance policy.
Other sectors
Death verification in adjacent industries
Banks & Credit UnionsCatch decedent account fraud before the funds moveLenders & Credit IssuersDecline decedent applications at the point of decisionInsurance CarriersValidate every claim against a current death indexPension & Retirement FundsDetect deceased annuitants before the next payment runEmployers & HR ScreeningCatch stolen identities at onboarding, not at auditHealthcare & PharmacyProtect patient records from posthumous misuse
Close the gap for your government workflow
Share your use case and expected volume and we will issue sandbox credentials so your team can build and certify the integration before contracting.
