Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
USA117th CongressS-2048| Senate
| Updated: 6/15/2021
Sherrod Brown
Democratic Senator
Ohio
Cosponsors (7)
Finance Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Health
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
USA117th CongressS-2048| Senate
| Updated: 6/15/2021
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.
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Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better
Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sherrod Brown
Democratic Senator
Ohio
Cosponsors (7)
Finance Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare