06/12/2013
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"You mentioned earlier observation status is particularly problematic when Medicare beneficiaries need care in a skilled nursing facility after leaving the hospital."
"I cosponsored along with Joe Courtney and Tom Latham, it is bipartisan, the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act."
"I think we can work together, I really do, to find solutions that work for hospitals and for patients."
"Most patients do not know that they are in observation, and the Medicare program does not require hospitals to tell them."