A bill 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 requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.
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Summary
Based on the bill's title, this bill would amend Medicare rules to allow time spent receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to count toward the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement that Medicare currently requires before covering skilled nursing facility services. This change would potentially make it easier for Medicare beneficiaries to qualify for skilled nursing facility coverage by broadening what counts as an inpatient hospital stay.
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