Financial Impact of Reimbursing CAH Swing Bed Days at the SNF PPS Rate

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About this project

Under current reimbursement methods, the Medicare program pays more per day for a skilled nursing patient in a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) swing bed than it does for a similar patient who is in a skilled nursing facility.
Lead researcher: Kristin Reiter, PhD, 919.843.8619, reiter@email.unc.edu
Project funded: September 2018
Project completed: August 2019

This study assessed the financial impact of changing CAH swing-bed reimbursement from the current cost-based system to the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS).

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