SENATE 2048117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 6/15/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-06-15Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-15 (00)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
This bill deems an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital as an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.
Cosponsors (7)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Subjects
- Health care coverage and access
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicare
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