Swing Bed Minimum Data Set (SB-MDS)

Swing Bed Hospitals are required to conduct comprehensive, accurate, standardized and reproducible assessments of each resident’s functional capacity using the Swing Bed Minimum Data Set (SB-MDS). The automated SB-MDS system is a critical component of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) operations, and provides the means for transmitting assessment data to CMS for validating payments under the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for Swing Bed Hospitals. Swing Bed providers transmit data directly to the National Assessment Collection Database. The SB-MDS software components are developed, distributed, maintained and upgraded centrally by CMS.

Contact Information
Quality Improvement and Evaluation Service
1000 N. E. 10th Street, Room 1212
Oklahoma City, OK  73117
Phone:  (405) 271-5278  Fax:  (405) 271-1402