Successful Swing Bed Programming for the Rural Hospital Provider
- Tuesday
- January
- 07
- 2025
Reta Underwood Overview:
Hospital SWB Programs for the skilled patient in rural America is a specialty service that assists patients towards a more successful recovery and safer discharge from an acute in-patient experience. It is an alternative to traditional nursing home placement and can keep a patient closer to home. Medicare payment reimburses rural hospitals for patients they serve in the SWB program.
Why you should Attend:
- Do you know what a skilled Medicare status is?
- Do you know the elements of what is necessary to provide and continue a SWB services for Medicare placement?
- What about the SWB MDS v3.0 assessment; does your eMR support what you must have or is it lacking?
First, if you’d like to know the skilled criteria and types of services of a swing bed program along with documentation to support admission and on-going stay this program is for you.
Second, the PPS MDS SWB assessment needs will be discussed and how to support assessment answers through eMR charting.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Skilled Status Criteria
- Documentation Requirements and the PPS MDS SWB assessment for the rural hospital provider (not CAHs)
Who Will Benefit:
- SWB Hospital Providers
- Management and Nurses
- Therapist and RD's
Speaker Profile
Reta has over 35+ years of professional work experience in the long-term care industry. Reta’s experience has included management and director positions with nursing facilities and healthcare companies. She has also provided corporate-wide MDS support services, conducted numerous mock surveys, regulatory compliance correction, education programs, clinical documentation, quality assurance programming and, implemented and supports PDPM in facilities nationwide. Most recently you may have heard her speak on the new 5-Star Rating during McKnight News Spring Expo last month.
Reta has supplied IRO services and input to CMS on a variety of projects and discussions pertaining to post-acute care. She holds national certifications through the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC) as a Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT); Quality Professional and Nurse Manager and is a ICD-10-CM coder.
Reta has had numerous articles published in the long-term care industry trade publications and has been used as an expert resource professional for media interviews including McKnight News; HCPro MDS and PPS Advisor and Provider AHCA magazine. She has also copyrighted several clinical documentation forms and tools, such as for Medicare Post Billing Review (triple check process), nutritional assessment, skilled clinical and MDS documentation, and restorative nursing programs.