Former FQHC CEO Jill Steeley interviews Howard Archer on why uncompensated encounters become Medicaid-billable, what monitoring catches, and what H.R. 1 means for health centers.

Batch re-runs, patient callbacks and aged-AR review all find some coverage. Here’s why a periodic process still misses Medicaid changes that land between reviews, and what manual review does better.

The Medicaid sections of H.R. 1, 71101–71121, in plain language with effective dates, plus the four that change provider revenue first.

H.R. 1 · Uncompensated care How H.R. 1 Medicaid Changes Could Increase Uncompensated Care for Hospitals and FQHCs in 2027 …

Revenue cycle · Buyer’s guide Where Medicaid Benefit Profile Monitoring Fits in Your Revenue Cycle Eligibility checks, insurance discovery, clearinghouses …

Hospital Revenue Cycle · Medicaid Recovery How Hospitals Can Recover Missed Medicaid Reimbursements An encounter written off as uninsured or …

Fundamentals Checking Medicaid eligibility is not the same as monitoring benefit profiles A check is a patient-level snapshot. Monitoring is …

Policy & Reimbursement H.R.1 and Medicaid eligibility: why periodic checks miss reimbursable coverage Six-month redeterminations, work requirements, and a compressed …