Coalition Letter on Observation Stays Sent to Congress

On September 18^th, LeadingAge joined a broad coalition of health care providers and advocates in sending letters to two Congressional Committees expressing support for the re-introduction and passage of H.R. 5138, the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. 

Introduced on August 4^th by U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT), Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Susan DelBene (D-WA), and Ron Estes (R-KS), this bill would make days spent in the hospital under observation status count towards Medicare’s three-day inpatient stay requirement for SNF coverage.  These letters were sent to the two committees with jurisdiction over the bill, the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  To read the letters, click here and here.