Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) serve the needs of more than 62 million Americans with Medicare Part A SNF coverage.  SNFs are institutional medical providers equipped and staffed to give skilled nursing care on a daily basis.  In most cases, SNFs can also provide skilled rehabilitative care and certain other related services.  More than 15,000 skilled nursing facilities, having over 1,588,000 beds, participated in the Medicare program in the calendar year 2020.

As of 2020, New England was home to 856 skilled nursing facilities, with over 93,000 beds, that participated in the Medicare program.  Relative to other regions of the country, New England's Medicare enrollees are well-served by SNFs as the region houses more of Medicare's SNF bed capacity (5.9%) than its share of the national Medicare enrollee population (4.9%).  Here is a summary look at Medicare skilled nursing facility beds in New England:

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Beds in New England

Area	# Part A Enrollees		# SNFs	# Beds
CT	689,967		209	25,138
MA	1,351,220		371	42,800
ME	345,665		93	6,546
NH	307,435		70	7,139
RI	222,702		78	8,350
VT	151,220		35	3,077
Region	3,068,210		856	93,050
National*	62,498,751		15,015	1,588,755
% of National	4.9%		5.7%	5.9%

* 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, Calendar Year 2020