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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024

USA118th CongressS-4137| Senate 
| Updated: 4/17/2024
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (3)
Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024 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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-753
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2048
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
Apr 17, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Apr 17, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 17, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5138
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-753
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2048
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021


  • April 17, 2024
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 17, 2024
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • December 17, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5138
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5138: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024

USA118th CongressS-4137| Senate 
| Updated: 4/17/2024
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024 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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-753
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2048
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
Apr 17, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Apr 17, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 17, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5138
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-753
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2048
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021


  • April 17, 2024
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 17, 2024
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • December 17, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5138
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (3)
Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5138: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted