Rural Swing Bed
The rural hospital swing bed program offers Long Term Care (LTC) services in areas where there is a shortage of Nursing Facility Level B (NF-B) beds. The Rural Swing Bed rates are billed with accommodation codes 04 for regular services and 05 for leave of absence/bed hold services.
DP/NF-B services provided to patients in swing beds will be reimbursed pursuant to CCR, title 22, section 51511 (a)(4).
DP/NF-B reimbursement will shift from an August to July rate year basis to a calendar rate year basis, effective January 1, 2024, pending federal approval in State Plan Amendment 23-0032.
Rates
|
Rate Year |
Description |
Exempt from AB 97 Rate* |
Not Exempt from AB 97 Rate** |
Effective Date |
CY 2024
| Annual Rates | $648.55
| $315.31 | 1/1/2024 |
2023 Bridge
Period
| Annual Rates
| $631.31
| $314.86
| 8/1/2023
|
2022-23
| Annual Rates
| $566.06
| $314.67
| 5/12/2023
|
2022-23
| Temporary COVID-19 Rates
| $609.73
| $345.88
| 8/1/2022 |
| 2021-22 | Temporary COVID-19 Rates | $565.86 | $345.25 | 8/1/2021 |
| 2020-21 | Temporary COVID-19 Rates | $522.77 | $344.27 | 8/1/2020 |
| 2019-20 | Temporary COVID-19 Rates | $480.33 | $343.28 | 3/1/2020 |
| 2019-20 | Annual Rates | $436.64 | $312.07 | 8/1/2019 |
| 2018-19 | Annual Rates | $410.32 | $311.34 | 8/1/2018 |
| 2017-18 | Annual Rates | $399.54 | $310.76 | 8/1/2017 |
*Hospitals with a DP/NF-B located in designated rural/frontier areas are exempt from the AB 97 rate freeze.
**Hospitals without a DP/NF-B are not exempt from the AB 97 rate freeze.
Effective May 11, 2023, the public health emergency declared for the United States expires.
The Department is posting an update on the Long Term Care Reimbursement webpage to inform providers of the expiration of the emergency period and the corresponding expiration of the additional reimbursement.
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