Bill115th CongressFiled Mar 8, 2017Health
S. 568
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (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 8, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH](D-OH)Sponsor
23 cosponsors18 D4 R1 I
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- Introduced in SenateMar 8, 2017
- Mar 8, 2017IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Mar 8, 2017IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate