HR 3954 · 119th Congress — Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 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…
- Congress
- 119
- Bill
- HR 3954
- Status
- Introduced
- Introduced
- 2025-06-12
- Latest action date
- 2025-06-12
Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 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. ). Right now, the latest action is: Sent to the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee. Each committee will review the parts it handles. The listed sponsor is Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] [D].
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Latest action
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.
Sponsors
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Democratic · Connecticut · House District 2 · Democratic