Rehabilitation hospitals are important components of the hospital infrastructure that serves the inpatient care needs of more than 62 million Americans with Medicare Part A insurance coverage.  In the calendar year 2020, more than 6,200 hospitals, housing over 927,300 beds, were participating in the Medicare program. Rehabilitation hospitals accounted for about 5% of Medicare's total participating hospitals and 2.1% of total hospital bed capacity.

In the calendar year 2020, the seven-state Great Plains region of the U.S. was home to 20 rehabilitation hospitals, with 1,187 beds in total, that were participating in the Medicare program.  Compared to some other regions of the country, the Great Plains states were slightly underserved for rehabilitation hospital bed capacity as it was home to about 6.6% of Medicare Part A enrollees, but only 6.1% of the program's rehabilitation hospital beds.  A closer examination of the data reveals the following about Medicare rehabilitation hospital beds in the Great Plains region:

Medicare Rehabilitation Hospital Beds in the Great Plains Region

Area	# Part A Enrollees		# Hospitals	# Beds
IA	637,145		3	130
KS	545,607		6	356
MN	1,045,280		0	0
MO	1,246,928		7	477
NE	353,434		2	142
ND	133,840		1	42
SD	180,149		1	40
Region	4,142,384		20	1,187
National*	62,498,751		314	19,481
% of National	6.6%		6.4%	6.1%

* 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