Swing beds definition

Swing beds means up to the first five hospital beds designated by an eligible rural hospital which are available to provide either acute care or nursing home services.
Swing beds means up to the first five hospital beds desig- nated by an eligible rural hospital which are available to provide ei- ther acute care or nursing home services.
Swing beds means beds within a hospital or critical access hospital participating in Medicare that are approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the provision of a skilled level of care.

Examples of Swing beds in a sentence

  • Swing beds in a hospital designated by CMS as a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) are paid according to the Medicare CAH swing bed reimbursement methodology (101% cost).

  • Swing beds located in non-CAHs are paid using the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (PPS), which is a per-diem payment.


More Definitions of Swing beds

Swing beds means those beds for which a hospital provider has been granted an approval from the federal Health Care Financing Administration to provide post-hospital extended care services (42 CFR 409.30, October 1, 1991) and be reimbursed as a swing-bed hospital (42 CFR 413.114, October 1, 1991).
Swing beds means up to the first five hospital beds des-
Swing beds means up to the first five hos- pital beds designated by an eligible rural hospital which are available to provide either acute care or nursing home ser- vices.
Swing beds means those beds for which a hospital provider has been granted an approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide post-hospital extended care services (42 CFR 409.30, October 1, 1991) and be reimbursed as a swing-bed hospital (42 CFR 413.114, October 1, 1991).

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