H.R. 1421 · 115th Congress
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Joe Courtney
- Introduced
- 2017-03-08
- Latest action
- 2017-03-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
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.