Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 15, 2021
Last action Jun 15, 2021
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Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jun 15, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jun 15, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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