S 2048
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 15, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
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 services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2048: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2048/
"S. 2048: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2048/.
S. 2048, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2048/.
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