CMS Clarification on Non-Medicare Swing Beds for Critical Access Hospitals – Oct. 1
(Sept. 19, 2025) – Join the Kansas Hospital Association staff for a Noon Briefing with Shannan Flach, vice president of health care finance and reimbursement, and Cindy Samuelson, senior vice president of member and public relations. They will review a recent clarification from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services and WPS regarding non-Medicare Swing Beds and the implications for Critical Access Hospitals. CAHs that provide Intermediate Swing Bed services on a larger scale will be more significantly impacted by the CMS clarification than CAHs that offer minimal non-Medicare swing bed services, because of the greater reliance on ISB-related reimbursement.
Who should attend: CEOs, CFOs, clinical leaders, swing bed coordinators and communications executives. This session will help hospital leaders anticipate the effects of the clarification and prepare their organizations and communities for the transition ahead.
--Hayley Finch-Genschorck