Seward County for over 70 years, Memorial Hospital provides excellence in patient care enhanced through state of the art facilities and medical equipment. Memorial Health Care Physicians and visiting Specialist ensure accessibility to the medical care your and your family need.

Memorial Hospital provides Inpatient care at the acute and skilled care levels as well as outpatient services.

Acute Care

Memorial Hospital is a Critical Access facility located in Seward, Nebraska. Twenty-four beds are utilized for the inpatient care of patients who are ill or recovering from surgery.

Skilled Care

Skilled care (or "Swing-Bed" care) can be provided for a limited period of time following an acute stay due to an injury, illness or surgery. It is designed to be a short term and rehabilitative in nature. Services such as physical, occupational or speech therapy are examples of skilled services provided during such a stay.

Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance companies cover inpatient skilled care if specific criteria are met. In order to qualify for skilled swing bed coverage under Medicare and Medicaid, individuals must meet the following qualifications:

• They must have had a 3-day acute inpatient hospital stay within the past 30 days.
• The skilled care to be provided is related to the condition or illness treated during the recent acute care hospitalization.
• They must have a need for skilled services.
• They need to receive these services on an inpatient basis (versus as an outpatient).
• A physician orders the skilled swing bed stay.

Memorial Hospital's Social Services Department facilitates skilled/swing bed services at the hospital.

For more information call 402-643-2971.

Proud to be your Award Winning Hospital.

Memorial Hospital has received national recognition for porviding quality care to our patients. Critical Access Hospitals are chosen based on superior performance and reputation.

• National Rural Health Association 2015 Top 20 Critical Access Hospital
• National Rural Health Association 2016 Top 20 Critical Access Hospital
• National Rural Health Association 2023 Top 20 Critical Access Hospital

• National Rural Health Association 2015 Top 20 Best Practice Quality Critical Access Hospital
• National Rural Health Association 2016 Top 20 Best Practice Quality Critical Access Hospital

• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2015
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2016
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2017
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2018
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2019
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2020
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health - Performance Leadership 2021

• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2015
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2016
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hosptials 2017
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2018
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2019
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2020
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2021
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2022
• iVantage Health Analytics top 100 Critical Access Hospitals 2023

• Becker's Hospital Review 50 Critical Access Hospitals to Know 2015
• Becker's Hospital Review 50 Critical Access Hospitals to Know 2016
• Becker's Hosptial Review 62 Critical Access Hospitals to Know 2017
• Becker's Hospital Review 66 Critical Access Hospitals to Know 2018
• Becker's Hospital Review 67 Critical Access Hospitals to Know 2019

• Becker's 50 Critical Access Hospital CEO's to Know 2015
• Becker's 50 Critical Access Hospital CEO's to Know 2016
• Becker's 60 Critical Access Hospital CEO's to Know 2017
• Becker's 71 Critical Access Hospital CEO's to Know 2018
• Becker's 90 Critcal Access Hopstial CEO's to Know 2024

• Rural Provider Excellence in Quality 2021
• Rural Provider Excellence in Quality 2022