SSWLHC Supports Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017

On March 8, 2017, the following bill was introduced  by Joe Courtney of Connecticut:

 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes.

 

To read the full bill, click here.