Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015

HB 1571 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015

US Congress 114th Congress

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015
HB-1571


About HB-1571

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility.

  

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Introduced 04/01/2015

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History

Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

04/07/2015

Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

03/27/2015

Introduced In House

03/24/2015

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.

03/24/2015

Referred To House Ways And Means

03/24/2015

Referred To House Energy And Commerce

03/24/2015