Critical Access Hospital Swing Bed Requirements and Changes

This webinar will focus on the November 2019 swing bed requirements and changes made by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The swing bed regulation is in Appendix W for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), but the interpretive guidelines and survey procedures are under Appendix PP – Long-Term Care manual.

Many CAHs are not aware of the changes or are still struggling to comply. The interpretive guidelines and survey procedures are challenging to decipher as there is no crosswalk between Appendix W for CAH and Appendix PP for Long-Term Care. This webinar will assist hospitals in understanding how to remain in compliance.

The webinar will discuss common deficiencies and how to avoid them, as well as information on how to locate the CAH manual and other resources.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
• Discuss that CMS made recent changes to the protocol process.
• Recall that CMS has rewritten the entire section on swing beds.
• Describe what is required by CMS to be in the resident assessment.
• Recite the CMS requirements on activities of swing bed patients.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Compliance Officer, Emergency Department Personnel, Joint Commission Coordinator, Medical Records, Quality Improvement personnel, Risk Manager, Legal Counsel

SPEAKER:

Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRM

Laura A. Dixon served as the director of risk management and patient safety for the Colorado Region of Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Kaiser, she served as the director, facility patient safety and risk management and operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states.

Dixon has more than 20 years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management. Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the director, Western region, patient safety and risk management for The Doctors Company in Napa, California. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff for the western United States as a registered nurse and attorney, Dixon holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.

The speaker have no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.