Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023
118-HR-5138118th CongressIntroduced Aug 4, 2023Health
Market Probability
No market
Status
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Other Chamber
Signed
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsor
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2](D-CT-2)25 cosponsors
Summary
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.)
Subjects
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
Actions (6)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 17, 2024House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 11, 2023House committee actions
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.
Aug 4, 2023House floor actions
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.
Aug 4, 2023House floor actions
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 2023Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 2023Library of Congress