Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning
Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development
Chapter 05 - Acute Care Facilities and Services Overview
Section 15-8-90-05-505 - Swing -Bed Programs and Extended Care Services
Section 15-8-90-05-505.01 - Swing -Bed Utilization
Fifty (50) Mississippi hospitals and one (1) specialty hospital participated in the swing bed program during Fiscal Year 2020. They reported 9,496 discharges from their swing beds and an average length of stay of 17.70 days.
Table 5-4
Swing-Bed Utilization FY 2020
Facility |
Licensed Beds |
Discharges |
ALOS |
Average Daily Census |
General Hospital Service Area 1 |
3 |
47 |
11.77 |
1.58 |
Alliance Health Care System |
3 |
47 |
11.77 |
1.58 |
General Hospital Service Area 2 |
82 |
894 |
16.06 |
41.89 |
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County |
12 |
66 |
7.76 |
1.44 |
Laird Hospital |
25 |
260 |
20.18 |
14.44 |
Pontotoc Health Services |
25 |
273 |
18.98 |
13.86 |
Tippah County Hospital |
10 |
138 |
9.46 |
6.27 |
Tishomingo Health Services, Inc. |
10 |
157 |
13.45 |
5.87 |
General Hospital Service Area 3 |
76 |
786 |
15.80 |
33.69 |
Bolivar Medical Center |
12 |
108 |
11.85 |
3.34 |
North Sunflower Medical Center |
25 |
304 |
14.43 |
12.25 |
South Sunflower County Hospital |
30 |
110 |
19.97 |
5.87 |
Tallahatchie General Hospital |
9 |
264 |
17.27 |
12.23 |
General Hospital Service Area 4 |
192 |
1,654 |
20.64 |
93.29 |
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Calhoun |
25 |
140 |
27.89 |
9.93 |
Choctaw Regional Medical Center |
15 |
109 |
18.28 |
5.46 |
Clay County Medical Corporation |
10 |
143 |
14.69 |
5.73 |
North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore-Armory |
16 |
88 |
105.80 |
25.63 |
Monroe Regional Hospital |
25 |
204 |
15.30 |
8.97 |
Noxubee General Critical Access Hospital |
25 |
119 |
16.36 |
5.31 |
Oktibbeha County Hospital |
10 |
90 |
11.20 |
2.65 |
Trace Regional Hospital |
10 |
44 |
28.48 |
3.38 |
Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital |
10 |
127 |
22.91 |
8.13 |
Webster Health Services |
20 |
335 |
12.43 |
11.67 |
Yalobusha General Hospital |
26 |
255 |
9.51 |
6.42 |
General Hospital Service Area 5 |
214 |
1,550 |
17.54 |
73.91 |
Baptist Medical Center - Attala, Inc. |
25 |
156 |
19.24 |
8.27 |
Baptist Medical Center - Yazoo, Inc. |
10 |
158 |
16.69 |
6.91 |
Baptist Medical Center - Leake, Inc. |
25 |
219 |
19.64 |
11.62 |
Holmes County Hospital & Clinics |
25 |
66 |
19.73 |
3.56 |
Magee General Hospital |
12 |
117 |
16.84 |
5.22 |
Claiborne County Hospital |
7 |
98 |
19.56 |
5.13 |
Scott Regional Hospital |
25 |
124 |
20.90 |
5.99 |
Simpson General Hospital |
25 |
161 |
17.53 |
7.76 |
Copiah County Medical Center |
25 |
201 |
15.53 |
9.95 |
Sharkey-Isaquena Community Hospital |
10 |
71 |
14.17 |
2.63 |
S.E. Lackey Memorial Hospital |
25 |
179 |
14.06 |
6.89 |
Source: Applications for Renewal of Hospital License for FY 2020 Annual Hospital Report and MSDH, Office of Health Planning and Resource Development Surveys
General Hospital Service Area 6 |
115 |
1,107 |
15.45 |
46.40 |
Anderson Regional Medical Center South |
25 |
426 |
16.48 |
19.18 |
H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital |
25 |
218 |
14.19 |
8.38 |
John C Stennis Memorial Hospital |
25 |
199 |
15.60 |
8.45 |
Neshoba County General Hospital |
10 |
49 |
11.78 |
1.56 |
Specialty Hospital of Meridian |
20 |
14 |
15.79 |
0.60 |
Wayne General Hospital |
10 |
201 |
15.34 |
8.22 |
General Hospital Service Area 7 |
76 |
511 |
21.12 |
25.46 |
Field Health System |
16 |
127 |
17.61 |
5.97 |
Franklin County Memorial Hospital |
25 |
195 |
30.27 |
15.07 |
Lawerence County Hospital |
10 |
115 |
13.14 |
4.22 |
Walthall County General Hospital |
25 |
74 |
15.39 |
3.02 |
General Hospital Service Area 8 |
101 |
728 |
17.50 |
32.17 |
Covington County Hospital |
25 |
232 |
18.45 |
11.57 |
Greene County Hospital |
7 |
79 |
16.14 |
3.48 |
Jasper General Hospital |
12 |
130 |
16.98 |
5.86 |
Jefferson Davis Community Hospital |
25 |
65 |
14.80 |
2.72 |
Marion General Hospital |
10 |
159 |
18.14 |
8.20 |
Perry County General Hospital |
22 |
63 |
17.98 |
0.34 |
General Hospital Service Area 9 |
59 |
102 |
12.72 |
3.46 |
George Regional Hospital |
10 |
9 |
22.00 |
0.54 |
Highland Community Hospital |
49 |
93 |
11.82 |
2.92 |
State Total |
918 |
7,379 |
17.70 |
351.85 |
Source: Applications for Renewal of Hospital License for FY 2020 Annual Hospital Report and MSDH, Office of Health Planning and Resource Development Surveys
Note(s): UMMC - Grenada was granted a CON authority in July 2019 to convert twenty (20) existing acute care beds to provide swing-bed services. UMMC - Grenada began offering services in May 2021. Progressive Medical Management of Batesville, LLC d/b/a Panola Medical Center was granted CON authority in December 2020 to convert ten (10) existing acute care beds to provide swing-bed services.