What is a Swing Bed?

Swing bed is 24-hour skilled nursing care, plus the benefit of "rehabilitation" therapy to help patients transition to home or a long-term care facility. Swing bed can also be utilized to help rehabilitate a patient from a surgery, illness, or accident. It consists of an inpatient hospital stay to receive physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, as indicated.

Swing bed is like a bridge from the hospital before going home. It gives the patient time to heal and adjust before returning to everyday life. Our main purpose will be to provide you with the necessary care through a collaborative team approach, facilitating therapists and skilled nursing services to obtain the most optimal

To qualify for Swing-bed care, a Medicare recipient must have completed a three-day

Who Pays for Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation or Swing Bed?

The swing-bed program is a hospital-based program, and Medicare Part A is the primary payer of swing-bed services. Medicare can cover swing bed for up to 100 days with various co-pay charges. Co-pays can be offset by secondary insurance because health policies vary. Our admission coordinator will verify your coverage. As long as a patient meets Medicare criteria, has days left in the benefit period, and the doctor approves the stay, a patient may receive Medicare swing-bed services.

Swing-Bed Services

  • Physical, occupational, and speech therapies are offered for patients that have had joint replacement, major orthopedic surgery, or strokes, thereby improving their levels of capability, independence, and function.
  • I.V. therapy
  • Continued wound care after recent surgery
  • Skilled nursing care
  • Respiratory therapy

Your Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Team

  • The patient's personal physician, or a hospital-based physician (called a hospitalist) who keeps the patient's doctor informed
  • A case manager, who facilitates a patient’s stay, coordinates a patient’s care, and handles the discharge
  • Nursing
  • An activities coordinator
  • Laundry services, provided by housekeeping
  • Physical, occupational, and respiratory Therapy

For case management or information about the inpatient rehabilitation program, please contact:

Tamara Middleton
Phone: 928-333-7332
Fax: 928-333-7158
Email
Tamara.Middleton@wmrmc.com