Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) serve the needs of over 62 million Americans having Medicare Part A long-term care coverage.  LTCHs provide hospital care to individuals with complex medical conditions that require longer duration (in excess of 25 days on average) inpatient care.  As of the calendar year 2020, Long Term Care hospitals accounted for about 5.6% of the more than 6,200 hospitals, and approximately 2.6% of the 927,300 plus hospital beds, that were participating in the Medicare program.

In the calendar year 2020, the six-state Far West region of the U.S. was home to 30 LTCHs, with 2,278 beds, that were participating in the Medicare program.  This made the region home to about 15.2% of the nation's Medicare Part A enrollees, but only 9.6% of the program's long-term care hospital beds, indicating that the region's Medicare enrollees are relatively under-served for LTCH bed capacity in comparison to other regions of the country.  Here is a closer look at Medicare Long Term Care hospital beds in the U.S. Far West region:

Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Beds in the U.S. Far West

Area	# Part A Enrollees		# Hospitals	# Beds
AK	104,078		1	59
CA	6,281,323		20	1,667
HI	280,787		1	9
NV	546,759		6	390
OR	885,544		1	73
WA	1,397,182		1	80
Region	9,495,673		30	2,278
National*	62,498,751		347	23,748
% of National	15.2%		8.6%	9.6%

* National totals include U.S. territories

Data 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