Short-stay hospitals provide acute inpatient care and are the backbone of the hospital infrastructure serving the needs of more than 62 million Americans having Medicare Part A insurance coverage.  Of the more than 6,200 hospitals that participate in the Medicare program, about 56% were short-stay hospitals.  Moreover, short-stay hospitals accounted for nearly 84% of the total hospital beds serving Medicare Par A enrollees.  

In the Rocky Mountain region, as of the calendar year 2020, there were 125 short-stay hospitals, with just over 21,000 beds, that were participating in the Medicare program.  While the region was home to about 3.3% of the nation's Medicare Part A enrollment, it had less than 3% of the Medicare program's short-stay hospital bed capacity.  Here is a state-level look at Medicare short-stay hospital beds in the Rocky Mountain region:

Medicare Short Stay Hospital Beds in the Rocky Mountain Region

	# Part A Enrollees		# Hospitals	# Beds
CO	927,390		51	10,544
ID	349,019		16	2,769
MT	237,051		16	1,980
UT	412,009		32	4,713
WY	113,659		10	1,080
Region	2,039,128		125	21,086
National*	62,498,751		3,481	774,873
% of National	3.3%		3.6%	2.7%

* 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