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Grow Swing Bed Census. Strengthen Your Community. Increase Revenue.

Your hospital already has the foundation.

You have the beds. You have the staff. You have the clinical expertise.

A Proven System for Sustainable Swing Bed Growth

Growing a successful Swing Bed program takes more than filling beds. It requires strong referral relationships, exceptional patient experiences, community engagement, and a plan that turns opportunity into results.

The 5 Star Swing Bed Growth Academy™ is a collaborative 25-week implementation program that gives your team the tools, coaching, and accountability to make it happen.

Increase Swing Bed Referrals

Our experts listen carefully to what you're saying, and what you might be missing between the lines.

Improve Community Awareness

You'll receive a clear, customized roadmap with defined goals, realistic timelines, and measurable milestones.

Maximize Swing Bed Revenue

Progress happens in real time, culture shifts, and scores improve. Our team is with you every step of the way.

What the Experience Looks Like

Learn together. Implement together. Grow together.

The Academy combines live coaching, practical implementation, and peer collaboration to help your team turn proven strategies into measurable results.

Weekly Growth Sessions

Peer Collaboration

Executive Coaching

Hardwiring & Sustainability

Real Results from Rural Hospitals.

Hospitals across the country have used the Academy to increase census, strengthen referral relationships, and create sustainable Swing Bed growth.

Built for Your Whole Team

Sustainable Swing Bed growth is a team effort. The Academy is designed for the leaders who influence referrals, patient transitions, and rehabilitation success. 

  • CEO / Administrator
  • Nursing Leadership
  • Swing Bed Coordinator
  • Case Management
  • Therapy
  • Marketing & Community Relations
Time Commitment: approximately 1-2 hours per week.

Why Hospitals Choose the 5 Star Swing Bed Growth Academy™

The Academy provides everything your team needs to confidently implement a successful Swing Bed growth strategy.

25-week virtual collaborative

Expert coaching and implementation support

Practical tools, templates, and assignments

Peer-to-peer learning with other rural hospitals

Progress tracking and accountability

Best practices from succesful Swing Bed programs

Ready to Strengthen Your Swing Bed Program?

Whether you’re looking to increase census, strengthen referral relationships, or maximize the value of your Swing Bed program, we’re here to help. Schedule a strategy call to learn more about the next Academy cohort and whether it’s the right fit for your hospital.

Service Excellence Initiative clients may be eligible to participate
as part of their ongoing partnership with Custom Learning Systems.

What's Included?

25-week virtual collaborative

Expert coaching and implementation support

Practical tools, templates, and assignments

Peer-to-peer learning with other rural hospitals

Progress tracking and accountability

Best practices from successful Swing Bed programs

For a detailed overview of the curriculum, schedule, and program structure, download the program brochure

How Do Other Hospitals Grow Their Swing Bed Programs?

The most successful hospitals don’t rely on chance.
They focus on five key areas that drive sustainable growth.

What You Recieve

They Build Strong Referral Relationships

Successful Swing Bed programs understand that growth begins with relationships. They actively engage referral hospitals, providers, discharge planners, home health agencies, patients, and community leaders, helping each audience understand the unique value of their program. The most successful hospitals don’t wait for referrals. They earn them.

Strong Referrals
They Measure What Matters

High-performing programs look beyond census. They monitor referrals received, referrals lost, length of stay, patient days, outcomes, and missed opportunities. They use data not simply to measure performance, but to identify barriers and uncover their next area for growth.

Measure What Matters
They Treat Swing Beds as a Strategic Service Line

The best hospitals recognize that Swing Beds are more than available beds. Through coordinated care, therapy services, provider involvement, and daily interdisciplinary collaboration, they create a rehabilitation experience focused on helping patients regain independence and return home successfully.

Strategic Service Line
They Listen to Patients and Continuously Improve

Successful programs actively seek patient feedback, measure outcomes, and identify opportunities to improve the patient experience. They also share patient success stories, testimonials, and positive outcomes to strengthen confidence among patients, families, providers, and referral partners.

Listen to Patients
They Create Accountability and Sustainability

The most successful programs assign ownership, track progress, educate staff, and hardwire successful practices into daily operations. Growth becomes part of the culture rather than a temporary initiative.

Accountability & Sustainability

While these principles may sound straightforward, implementing them consistently can be challenging.

That’s where the 5 Star Swing Bed Growth Academy™ can help.