S 1486 · 112th Congress · Health
Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2011-08-02)
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Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to long-term care hospitals to specify: (1) the criteria for preadmission patient screening and for admission following a face-to-face evaluation by a physician, (2) core services and patient care requirements, and (3) discharge criteria. Reduces from 48 hours to 24 hours of admission the deadline by which long-term care hospitals must validate that patients meet admission criteria.…
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