S.843 - Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015114th Congress (2015-2016) |
| Sponsor: | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] (Introduced 03/24/2015) |
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| Committees: | Senate - Finance |
| Latest Action: | 03/24/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
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Summary: S.843 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)All Bill Information (Except Text)
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Introduced in Senate (03/24/2015)
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.