Friday, March 31, 2023

Medicare Long Term Care Hospital Beds by Region

Providing longer duration inpatient hospital care (in excess of 25 days on average) to individuals with complex medical conditions, long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) are an important part of the national hospital infrastructure that serves over 62 million Americans with Medicare long-term care coverage.  In the calendar year 2020, the Medicare program counted among its participating providers 347 LTCHs that had more than 23,700 total beds.  Here is a regional breakdown of Medicare's long-term care hospital bed capacity (to see state-level data, follow the "region" links in the table below):

Region # Part A Enrollees # Hospitals # Beds
Far West 9,495,673 30 2,278
Great Lakes 9,196,909 48 3,312
Great Plains 4,142,384 22 1,185
Mid-East 9,405,082 28 2,118
New England 3,068,210 14 3,659
Rocky Mountain 2,039,128 12 572
Southeast 17,048,200 122 6,567
Southwest 6,815,787 71 4,057
U.S. Territories 1,287,380 0 0
National 62,498,751 347 23,748

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