H.R. 1682 · 116th Congress
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Joe Courtney
- Introduced
- 2019-03-12
- Latest action
- 2019-03-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
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.