Swing Bed Hospital
Stay must be within the same spell of illness as the qualifying stay.
Swing bed hospital. The medicare beneficiary s swing bed. The lifebrite community hospital of early s swing bed program acts as a bridge between hospital and home. To fill this need for a more convenient rehabilitation for patients who have been discharged from a hospital but still require medical care our swing bed program has proven to provide quality care. The patient remains in the same hospital and usually the same room and bed.
Ozark health s swing bed option is a sub acute program for patients who are ready to be released from the hospital but need extra care in a medical setting before they are ready to go home again. In this study we interview hospital administrators and staff about the use of swing beds. Our swing bed program serves patients who no longer require acute care but still need nursing and rehabilitative care to make a full recovery. The hospital or cah requires it.
In accordance with the balanced budget act bba of 1997 the snf level services of non cah swing bed facilities are covered under the snf prospective payment system pps effective with cost reporting periods beginning on or after july 1 2002. A hospital or cah does not have to locate their swing beds in a special section of the facility unless. At south sunflower county hospital our swing bed unit provides skilled care for patients who require ongoing hospital care as they transition from acute care back to their own home. At times it may be considered as an alternative to nursing home placement.
To a swing bed in any hospital or cah or admission to a snf. Topics include the role of swing beds in patient care swing bed volume and financial considerations swing beds in the context of all community post acute skilled care and swing beds as a benefit for community residents. Services range from restoring the patient s independence to providing care and comfort at the end stages of life. The swing bed program is an extended care of services for those who are not yet able to care for themselves but who no longer need acute hospital services.
The only change for the medicare patient under a swing bed program is the level of care.