Transitional Care is predominantly covered by the same Medicare benefit as “Skilled Care” in a long-term facility. “Swing Bed is what the benefit is called for Critical Access Hospitals like Clarinda Regional Health Center and our program is called Transitional care because it is centered on teamwork, communication, empowerment, support, and collaboration with patients and families to help with the transition from hospitalization to their discharge destination.

Transitional Care is predominantly covered by the Medicare “Swing Bed” benefit. For Medicare patients: Transitional care is available to patients who have Medicare Part A, have been hospitalized three consecutive nights in an acute care bed within the past 30 days, and need skilled care directly related to that stay, as defined by Medicare. Some other insurance providers and Medicare Advantage plans may cover this care as well. If you are having a planned hospitalization and think you might need care after your stay, we can check if Transitional Care would be covered so you can plan ahead of time to come to our programs.

To develop its Transitional Care program, Clarinda Regional Health Center has partnered with Allevant Solutions, a joint venture of Mayo Clinic and Select Medical.  Modeled on the Mayo Clinic’s successful efforts in Wisconsin and Minnesota and created by Mayo pulmonologist and Allevant Medical Director, Mark Lindsay, M.D., the program is designed to provide access to high quality post-acute services to rural America, the most persistently underserved area of modern healthcare. 

While some patients may stay longer, the average stay is between 10 to 14 days. This is up to two thirds shorter on average than stays in a Skilled Nursing Facility* Medicare does allow for up to 100 days of Swing bed when the patient has a qualifying, daily, skilled care need.

Any assistive devices and/or adaptive equipment used at home. Therapy will use your equipment during sessions and evaluate if you need something else or if it may need to be adjusted.

Absolutely. We offer a convenient way to get a card to our patients directly through our website! Use the link below to fill out the form and a card with your message will be hand-delivered to the patient within 1 business day.