Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 8, 2017)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.
What just happenedMar 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 8, 2017
- Mar 16, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 10, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 8, 2017IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 8, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
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.
- Mar 8, 2017IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 8, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House