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 “Outpatient” Observation Status hurts Medicare beneficiaries and reduces trust in the Medicare program and between patients and their physicians. 

• Give back the Medicare nursing home benefit to vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries;
• Give back appeal rights to Medicare beneficiaries, allowing them to contest and change their hospital Observation status;
• Count all time individuals spend in a hospital toward the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for Medicare nursing home coverage.

Signatures will be compiled and submitted to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.