Inpatient Contracting:
Fill staffing gaps and reduce hospitalizations
Swell Soothe partners with inpatient rehabilitation and nursing facilities to provide specialized swelling and lymphedema care when certified lymphedema therapists (CLT) are not available on staff.
This service is intended for:
Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals
Skilled nursing facilities
Acute rehab units
Facilities without full-time or consistent CLT coverage
Who is this for?
What we provide
Contracted services may include:
Lymphedema and edema management
Manual lymphatic drainage
Compression bandaging and garment ordering support
Patient and caregiver education
Staff in-services to ensure carryover of garment schedule
Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams
Support for continuity of care during admissions, transfers, or coverage gaps.
Engagements can be structured as:
Short-term coverage
Per-diem support (including site-wide screens of patients with co-morbidities)
Ongoing contractual services
On-call, virtual support in development of treatment plan
How contracting works
Services are provided by a licensed, insured occupational therapist with specialized training in swelling and lymphedema management, delivered in accordance with facility protocols and professional standards of care.
I bring broad experience in lymphedema care, having worked with Northwell Health, sub-acute rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities across Manhattan and Brooklyn, and in the home health setting.
Occupational Therapist License (NY) - #029663, Exp. 9/30/27
NBCOT Registration - #520567, Exp. 3/31/28
Certified Lymphedema Therapist - #202503206, Obtained March ‘25
Credentials & professional standards
Swell Soothe operates as an independent LLC with NPI and can support both facility-billed and contracted service models when appropriate.