S 4641
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026
Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026 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.)
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Susan M. Collins [R-ME]
- Cosponsors
- 5
- Policy area
- Health
- Introduced
- 2026-05-21
- Latest action
- 2026-05-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-05-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2026-05-21: Introduced in Senate