HR 3954 United States House · 119th Congress

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025

Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Introduction
Jun 2025
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Introduced Jun 12, 2025 Last action Jun 12, 2025
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Jun 12, 2025
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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.
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Jun 12, 2025
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1 primary · 47 co-sponsors

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Party
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Photo of Joe Courtney
Joe Courtney
DDemocratic
CT
2
Co
Photo of Adelita S. Grijalva
Adelita S. Grijalva
DDemocratic
AZ
7
Co
Photo of Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
NE
3
Co
Photo of Bradley Scott Schneider
Bradley Scott Schneider
DDemocratic
IL
10
Co
Photo of Chellie Pingree
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
ME
1
Co
Photo of Christopher R. Deluzio
Christopher R. Deluzio
DDemocratic
PA
17
Co
Photo of Cleo Fields
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
LA
6
Co
Photo of Daniel Meuser
Daniel Meuser
RRepublican
PA
9
Co
Photo of Deborah K. Ross
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
NC
2
Co
Photo of Don Bacon
Don Bacon
RRepublican
NE
2
Co
Photo of Donald G. Davis
Donald G. Davis
DDemocratic
NC
1