Hopedale Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital offering virtually the same amenities as larger urban hospitals. We have a total of 25 beds that are interchangeable between our acute care and swing bed services.

The Hopedale Hospital provides extensive services, including:

• 24-hour emergency room
• Intensive Care Unit
• General and advanced vascular surgery
• Orthopedic surgery
• Plastic/reconstructive surgery
• Open MRI
• CT Scanner (state-of-the-art unit capable of doing full body/heart scans and virtual colonoscopy.)

Hopedale Hospital maintains four satellite offices in Atlanta, Delavan, Manito, and Mackinaw. (See Office Locations)

HMC Swing Bed Program

At HMC we realize that there will be times you or a loved one may need to remain hospitalized beyond the acute stage of an illness, surgery, or injury.  For instance, specific treatments such as physical or speech therapy may not be needed.  HMC’s Swing Bed Program makes it possible for you or a loved one to remain at the hospital for these support services until you are able to return home.

What is a Swing Bed Program?
The Swing Bed Program is a short-stay program designed to serve individuals who are in a transition phase of illness or recovery and no longer require acute care services.

Who Qualifies?
In order for Medicare to pay for the Swing Bed Program, specific qualifying medical criteria must be met.  Following a hospital stay of at least three days, an individual must require either skilled nursing or skilled therapy services.

What does Medicare Cover?
Under the Medicare skilled nursing facility (nursing home) benefit, Swing Beds are covered up to twenty (20) days in full and up to one hundred (100) days with a co-payment as long as Medicare criteria are met.  Medicare supplements will usually pay the deductible as long as Medicare continues coverage.  Other medical insurance may cover the Swing Bed Program or a patient may pay with private funds.

Qualifying Medical Criteria
The following criteria is considered as “qualifying medical criteria” under Medicare Benefits:

• Daily physical, occupational and/or speech therapy
• Intravenous (IV) or nutritional therapy
• Specialized care for complex wounds that are not healing well
• Pain Management
• End-of-life care

Case Manager On-Site
HMC has a Case Manager on-site to help patients and their families address social, emotional and/or financial concerns related to hospitalization, rehabilitation and/or long-term care.

HMC’s Case Manager will also be available to discuss and provide patients and their families with care options upon discharge.

If you have questions about in-patient services, contact the Hopedale Hospital Director or Nursing at 309-449-4232 or send an email to gestill@hopedalemc.com.