Join us for the Medicaid Eligibility Under Pressure: One Big Beautiful Bill Explained webinar on Wednesday, September 10 at 1 PM ET

Kevin Chmura

Welcome to Beyond the Bottom Line. I’m your host, Kevin Chmura, CEO of Panacea Healthcare Solutions. Today we’re discussing one of the most critical issues hospitals are facing right now; Medicaid eligibility under the new law called The One Big Beautiful Bill. With our guest, George Kelley, President of Panacea’s KA Consulting division. The law’s reducing federal funding, creating stricter eligibility requirements and increasing administrative burdens, putting hospitals at risk of providing uncompensated care and losing revenue if they’re not prepared.

I’ve asked George to join the podcast today to help us understand this law a little bit better and to preview our upcoming webinar on the topic. George, welcome to the podcast.

George Kelley

Hello, Kevin, and thank you very much. Well our webinar is designed to explain the One Big Beautiful Bill so that hospital leaders and eligibility teams can understand what’s changing, how it impacts them operationally and financially. And most importantly, what they need to do now to be ahead of the curve. The agenda will include a review of the specific funding and eligibility changes.

We’re also going to offer some best practices to keep your eligibility program effective and compliant and key to an effective eligibility enrollment process is maintaining a patient advocacy approach as the requirements for eligibility become even stricter. Some examples of the key provision that we’ll address during the webinar will include the increased reenrollment timeline from one year to six months.

Understanding the work requirement for certain populations and the funding changes that will impact emergency Medicaid.

Kevin Chmura

So George, this will be an important one. All of our customers, prospects and friends in the business have reached out with some level of needing to understand and discuss. So looking forward to this. This is going to be a must attend for hospital leaders, CFOs, revenue cycle professionals and folks engaged in eligibility. You really need to protect your patients, their care and the bottom line.

So watch for information on our upcoming webinar, which we’re calling Medicaid Eligibility Under Pressure: the One Big Beautiful Bill Explained. Or you can register today by scanning the QR code on your screen. We look forward to seeing you there. Thank you.