Psychiatric hospitals are major elements of the hospital infrastructure that serves more than 62 million Americans with Medicare Part A insurance coverage.  In the calendar year 2020, more than 6,200 hospitals of all types, with in excess of 927,000 beds in total, were participating in the Medicare program.  Psychiatric hospitals comprised roughly 9.9% of those hospitals and about 6.6% of those total hospital beds.

The twelve-state Southeastern U.S. region was home to 172 psychiatric hospitals, with nearly 15,700 beds, that were participating in the Medicare program in the calendar year 2020.  Most Medicare enrollees in the Southeastern U.S. are reasonably well-served for psychiatric hospital bed capacity.  The region holds about 25.7% of Medicare's psychiatric bed capacity, which is generally in line with the region's 27.3% share of Medicare's Part A enrollment.  Here is a deeper look at Medicare psychiatric hospital beds in the Southeastern U.S.:

Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Beds in the Southeastern U.S.

	# Part A Enrollees		# Hospitals	# Beds
AL	1,056,359		10	592
AR	645,494		11	1,219
FL	4,674,019		28	2,121
GA	1,754,062		13	1,316
KY	931,126		11	1,613
LA	882,812		39	2,349
MS	609,478		7	516
NC	2,028,204		13	2,099
SC	1,101,105		9	1,294
TN	1,382,574		18	1,234
VA	1,540,473		8	742
WV	442,495		5	590
Region	17,048,200		172	15,685
National*	62,498,571		613	61,129
% of National	27.3%		28.1%	25.7%

* 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