Short-stay hospitals, which provide acute inpatient care, are the backbone of the hospital infrastructure that serves more than 62 million Americans having Medicare Part A insurance coverage.  Of the more than 6,200 hospitals participating in the Medicare program, more than 56% were short-stay hospitals.  More importantly, short-stay hospitals accounted for over 83% of the total hospital beds serving the inpatient hospital care needs of Medicare Part A enrollees.  

In New England, as of the calendar year 2020, there were 131 short-stay hospitals, with just over 30,300 beds, participating in the Medicare program.  While the region was home to 4.9% of the nation's Medicare Part A enrollment, it had only 3.9% of the Medicare program's short-stay hospital bed capacity.  Here is a state-level look at Medicare short-stay hospital beds in New England.:

Medicare Short-Stay Hospital Beds in New England

	# Part A Enrollees		# Hospitals	# Beds
CT	689,967		29	7,884
MA	1,351,220		56	12,740
ME	345,665		17	2,944
NH	307,435		13	2,720
RI	222,702		10	2,583
VT	151,220		6	1,445
Region	3,068,210		131	30,316
National*	62,498,751		3,481	774,873
% of National	4.9%		3.8%	3.9%

* National totals include U.S. territories

Source:  CMS Program Statistics, Table: MDCR PROVIDERS 4. Medicare Providers:  Number of Medicare Certified Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities, and Number of Beds, by State, Territories, Possessions, and Other, the Calendar Year 2020