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Bill Apr 01, 2026

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

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.)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5138
Joe Courtney U.S. Representative
Health Health care coverage and access Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Home and outpatient care Hospital care
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