Swing bed patients being included in VTE-1 for CAH

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    • Drucilla McBride
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    • Optim Medical Center - Screven
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      Thank you for your question regarding Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (CMS0108v13). The "swing bed" designation relates to the type of care, not the hospital bed location. Patients admitted to the hospital Skilled Nursing Facility but awaiting transport or an available room should be considered admitted to the SNF, not as Hospital Acute Inpatient Care.

      We recommend discussing with your EHR vendor where to pull patient hospital status instead of bed location. Or discussing with staff about designating the proper patient status when registering or admitting a patient within a “swing bed”.
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      Thank you for your question regarding Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (CMS0108v13). The "swing bed" designation relates to the type of care, not the hospital bed location. Patients admitted to the hospital Skilled Nursing Facility but awaiting transport or an available room should be considered admitted to the SNF, not as Hospital Acute Inpatient Care. We recommend discussing with your EHR vendor where to pull patient hospital status instead of bed location. Or discussing with staff about designating the proper patient status when registering or admitting a patient within a “swing bed”.
    • CMS0108v13
    • Swing bed patients receiving SNF services in our Critical Access Hospital are being included in our eCQM denominators. Our rates are suffering due to this, especially with VTE-1 (CMS108v13) . Are swing bed patients supposed to be considered as inpatients?

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          Mathematica EH eCQM Team
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          Drucilla McBride
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