Although Swing Beds have been around for many years, hospitals continue to struggle with understanding and meeting the regulatory requirements. One of the reasons is that Swing Beds have regulatory requirements that are more closely aligned with care in a skilled nursing facility than acute care, and it can be hard for staff and providers to navigate the differences successfully.
Transitional Care Management has been a misunderstood process. The goal of an effective TCM process is to ensure that patients being discharged from acute, skilled, or observation care are set up for success and avoid readmission. Hospitals are penalized for readmissions and primary care providers are rewarded with additional revenue to perform TCM services for 30 days. This apparent mismatch of the carrot and the stick has led to confusion on where TCM should begin and who is ultimately responsible to ensure an effect process.
Almost every hospital has a goal of increasing Swing Bed volume. Volume depends on a variety of factors, some of which are under the hospital’s control and some which are not. The webinar will provide tools for how to complete a 360 degree assessment of your Swing Bed program and develop a comprehensive plan for growth. The webinar will discuss the importance of developing admission criteria, ensuring a timely response to referrals, managing length of stay and measuring outcomes.
Quality, Risk, and Compliance are independent programs that are designed to advance safety, increase availability, and improve outcomes. The lines between these three programs often become blurred leaving employees unsure of where to report concerns. This webinar brings the similarities and differences between these programs into focus thereby increasing incident reporting and improving the attainment of goals.
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