United States, Nov. 18 -- US states are scrambling to meet new federal accuracy requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, with billions of dollars at stake. A new social benefits solution from data and AI company SAS, SAS Payment Integrity for Food Assistance, can not only calculate a more accurate SNAP error rate; it can also identify opportunities to reduce errors caused by human mistakes or deliberate fraud and abuse. The time for states to act is yesterdayWith the end of the US government shutdown, states will have to rush to issue benefits and process pending cases, including a backlog of emergency food stamp cases. As speeding up processing efforts often results in more errors, enhanced error reductio...