Article: 'A good step down' - CAH swing beds bridge gap.(critical access hospital )

Article: Swing-bed services under the Medicare program, ...
Health Care Financing Review;  March 22, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... growth in the use of swing-bed services by Medicare ... acute and post-acute care. To be covered ... services furnished by a swing-bed hospital was based ... to provide post-acute care. they use the personnel ... acute and post-acute care induced ...

Article: HCFA Updates SNF Payment Rates for Swing-Bed ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  January 1, 2000 ;     556 words ... ... services provided by swing-bed hospitals. The rates ... increase in all regions. A swing-bed hospital is a small ... interchangeably to furnish either acute care or SNF-type services ... To be eligible for swing-bed status, a hospital must ...

Article: Acute care providers set up shop in failed ...
Los Angeles Business Journal;  May 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... hospital being converted into a long-term acute care center. The other facility to undergo ... Medical Center to house its L.A.-area acute care center. "We were able to get favorable ... Hospital has admitted five patients to its acute care center in La Mirada. Platt said he expects ...

Article: Post-acute care bundling plan: improving patient ...
Rehab Management;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... move between hospital stays and a range of post-acute care providers, Medicare makes separate payments to ... supported by President Obama is to bundle payments for acute care and post-acute care services provided within the first 30 days after ...

Transcript: POST-ACUTE CARE:HERB KUHN
Congressional Testimony;  June 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... payment and clinical assessment of post-acute care. A more beneficiary-centered system of post-acute care services has the potential to improve ... further steps toward higher quality post-acute care and we have numerous initiatives underway ...

Article: Veteran returning to acute-care business.(J. Rodney ...
Modern Healthcare;  June 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... to re-enter the game of long-term acute-care hospitals. J. Rodney Laughlin, who ... p. 21). The largest long-term acute-care provider in the country, Vencor, now ... tremendous need'' for long-term acute-care hospitals. ``Medicare has 230 hospitals ...

Article: High Potential for Dedicated Acute Care Information ...
Business Wire;  September 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ...LONDON -- Acute care is particularly taxing for caregivers ... workflow and documentation process in the acute care environment is very different from ... hospital departments. Departmental acute care information systems have therefore ...