Swing bed means a bed approved pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395tt to be used to provide either
Swing bed means a bed approved pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395tt to be used to provide either acute care or extended skilled nursing care to a patient.
Swing bed means bed in a rural hospital licensed pursuant to Chapter 395, F.S., that can also be used for skilled or intermediate nursing care services.
Examples of Swing bed in a sentence
Swing bed stays in acute hospitals over 45 days The MCO is required to cover the first 45 days of a swing bed admission pursuant to the MSM.
Swing bed services are not covered when the beneficiary does not meet the coverage criteria in this Part.
Swing bed providers must select one of these options and apply it consistently in all cases where the patient is discharged prior to the end of the observation period.
Swing bed hospitals may furnish Administrative Days provided all swing beds in the hospital are occupied.2.a OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES.
Swing bed admissions in a rural or Ccritical Aaccess Hhospital (CAH).
More Definitions of Swing bed
Swing bed is a reimbursement term that means the care and reimbursement for the care of a patient in a small rural hospital or CAH “swings” from acute care to post hospital skilled nursing care (SNF). A swing-bed hospital means a hospital or CAH participating in Medicare that has an approval from CMS to provide post hospital SNF care and meets the requirements specified in §482.66 for a hospital or §485.645 for a CAH.
Swing bed means an available bed for which a hospital has been granted an approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide post-hospital extended care services and be reimbursed as a swing-bed hospital.
Swing bed means a bed in a critical access hospital that is contracted to be used as either a hospital or a nursing facility bed based on the need of the individual.
Swing bed means a bed approved pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395tt to be used to provide either acute care or extended skilled nursing care to a patient. (Terminates July 1, 2007--sec. 6, Ch. 365, L. 2005.)
Swing bed means a hospital bed that can be used interchangeably as either a hospital bed or nursing facility bed.
Swing bed means a hospital bed licensed under Minnesota statutes, sections 144.50 to 144.56 that has been granted a license condition under this section and which has been certified to participate in the federal Medicare program under 42 U.S.C. § 1395 (tt).
Swing bed means a bed within a hospital or critical access hospital participating in Medicare that is approved by CMS at a skilled level of care.