To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities, and for other purposes.
United States115th CongressHR-4701House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 3, 2018
Summary
Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior Act of 2017 or the CARES Act of 2017 This bill eliminates the three-day prior-hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of certain skilled-nursing-facilities services. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must study the cost of impact of such elimination.
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Timeline
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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