Swing bed services
Medicare covers swing bed services, which are skilled nursing facility (SNF) services you get in certain Medicare hospitals.
Your costs in Original Medicare
When swing beds provide skilled nursing facility (SNF) -level care, the same coverage and cost-sharing rules apply as though the SNF provided the services.
What it is
A hospital or critical access hospital with a Medicare agreement can “swing” its beds and provide either acute hospital or SNF-level care, as needed.