Speaker Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRMCourse CurriculumThis webinar will focus on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) swing bed and psychiatric services requirements for acute care hospitals. In 2019, CMS updated the swing bed requirements and made changes to the State Operations Manual by incorporating psychiatric hospital requirements into Appendix A. In 2025, CMS added multiple interpretive guidelines and survey procedures for psychiatric hospitals. In 2018, CMS incorporated Swing Bed requirements and interpretive guidelines from Appendix T into Appendix A. This session will address both areas of specialized services.Continuing Education CreditsThe Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation is an approved provider of nursing home administrator credits as a professional trade association in long term care under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 393-13-.02, (1) (a). Approved for 1.5 contact hours. By attending Special Services: CMS Swing Bed and Psychiatric Services CoPs Webinar offered by Georgia Hospital Association, participants may earn up to 1.5 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation. Attendees who wish to have the hours applied toward ACHE Qualifying Education credit must self-report their participation by logging into their MyACHE account and selecting ACHE Qualifying Education Credit. Visit the GHA Learning Academy for additional details and to register. If you need assistance with registration, please contact the education department at education@gha.org or 770-249-4529.
Speaker
Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRM
Course Curriculum
This webinar will focus on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) swing bed and psychiatric services requirements for acute care hospitals. In 2019, CMS updated the swing bed requirements and made changes to the State Operations Manual by incorporating psychiatric hospital requirements into Appendix A. In 2025, CMS added multiple interpretive guidelines and survey procedures for psychiatric hospitals. In 2018, CMS incorporated Swing Bed requirements and interpretive guidelines from Appendix T into Appendix A. This session will address both areas of specialized services.
Continuing Education Credits
The Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation is an approved provider of nursing home administrator credits as a professional trade association in long term care under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 393-13-.02, (1) (a). Approved for 1.5 contact hours.
By attending Special Services: CMS Swing Bed and Psychiatric Services CoPs Webinar offered by Georgia Hospital Association, participants may earn up to 1.5 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation. Attendees who wish to have the hours applied toward ACHE Qualifying Education credit must self-report their participation by logging into their MyACHE account and selecting ACHE Qualifying Education Credit.
Visit the GHA Learning Academy for additional details and to register.
If you need assistance with registration, please contact the education department at education@gha.org or 770-249-4529.