(1) A swing-bed hospital is a licensed hospital, critical access hospital (CAH) with swing-bed approval or licensed medical assistance facility which is medicare-certified to provide posthospital SNF care as defined in 42 CFR 409.20.

(2) Swing-bed hospital services are services provided in accordance with these rules by a swing-bed hospital which meets the swing-bed hospital participation requirements specified in these rules.

(3) "Swing-bed" means a bed approved pursuant to 42 USC 1395tt to be used to provide either acute care or extended skilled nursing care to a patient.