Short stay hospitals, which provide acute inpatient care, are the backbone to the hospital infrastructure that serves more than 60 million Americans having Medicare Part A insurance coverage. Of the more than 6,000 hospitals participating in the Medicare program, more than 53% 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 calendar year 2019, there were 131 short stay hospitals, with just over 30,000 beds, participating in the Medicare program. While the region was home to about 5% of the nation's Medicare Part A enrollment, it had less than 4% of the Medicare program's short stay hospital beds. Here is a state-level look at Medicare short stay hospital beds in New England.:
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Medicare Short Stay Hospital Beds in New England |
# Part A Enrollees | # Hospitals | # Beds | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CT | 678,133 | 29 | 7,884 | ||
MA | 1,329,279 | 56 | 12,740 | ||
ME | 337,672 | 17 | 2,944 | ||
NH | 298,585 | 13 | 2,720 | ||
RI | 218,492 | 10 | 2,583 | ||
VT | 147,133 | 6 | 1,445 | ||
Region | 3,009,294 | 131 | 30,316 | ||
National* | 61,166,694 | 3,283 | 779,466 | ||
% of National | 4.9% | 4.0% | 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, Calendar Year 2019
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