S. 2048 · 117th Congress · Senate

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
Jun 15, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

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.

Action Timeline

2
  1. JUN 15, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. JUN 15, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

1

Finance Committee

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Referred: Jun 15, 2021

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