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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

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.)

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Aug. 11 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

House floor actions Actions

IntroReferral

Aug. 04
2023

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Aug. 04 2023	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR5138-118

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

House bill HR5138-118

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

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