HR 3954 · in committee · major
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Counts observation time at a hospital toward the three-day inpatient stay required for Medicare skilled nursing facility coverage.
- Affects Medicare beneficiaries who receive outpatient observation services before being admitted or discharged.
- Expands eligibility for nursing home coverage without specified fiscal impact or implementation date.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would counting observation hours toward the three-day requirement change out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries who need skilled nursing facility care?
- 02
What evidence shows that observation status currently prevents eligible patients from accessing needed nursing home coverage?
- 03
Which hospitals and nursing facilities would face the largest operational or financial changes if observation time counts toward admission requirements?
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Sponsor · D-CT-2
Joe Courtney
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
33/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-12
Joining the bill
Glenn Thompson
R-PA-15 · original
Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original
Ron Estes
R-KS-4 · original
Jared F. Golden
D-ME-2
Julia Brownley
D-CA-26
Lloyd Doggett
D-TX-37
Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1
Gwen Moore
D-WI-4
Zachary Nunn
R-IA-3
Linda T. Sánchez
D-CA-38
Thomas R. Suozzi
D-NY-3
Adrian Smith
R-NE-3
+ 21 more
Legislative timeline
2025-06-12 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-06-12 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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