HOUSE 1421115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/16/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-03-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-03-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-03-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-03-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-03-08Introduced in House
- 2017-03-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-08 (00)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.
Cosponsors (20)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
- Niki Tsongas (D-MA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Denny Heck (D-WA)
- Timothy Walz (D-MN)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Sean Maloney (D-NY)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- F. SENSENBRENNER (R-WI)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- David Loebsack (D-IA)
- Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN)
Subjects
- Health care coverage and access
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicare
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