Contact Your Legislature about the "Improving Access to Medicare Act"

This information was passed along by Kathy Heery, RN, MSN, Geriatric Care Manager, as a member of the Kent County Senior Provider Network:

Published 20-Apr-2011 by Brian Stever in Latest News

New legislation will allow a resident that is held in "observation" to
have this time counted toward their required Medicare 3 day stay.

The Improving Access to Medicare Act would allow beneficiaries kept in a hospital for "observation" to qualify for Medicare Part A coverage of a
subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility (SNF). The bill would count
any time spent in observation toward the 3-day stay requirement.
Increasing numbers of beneficiaries are disqualified from Part A coverage
of their SNF stay because they were held for observation rather than
admitted as an inpatient.

Please Contact Congress and ask your legislators to support this important legislation so it can move to the floors of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Please follow the link to tell your legislators how important that this
legislation is.

http://capwiz.com/leadingage/issues/alert/?alertid=42264501


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