Montefiore Health System is planning to break down dozens of hospital beds to make space for critical care capacity, sparking backlash from nurses who say the changes could exacerbate overcrowding in ...

Medicare covers hospital beds for home use when deemed medically necessary by a doctor. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans provide similar coverage but may cover hospital beds in additional situations.

Utilizing ambulatory surgery centers would also increase medical-surgical bed capacity by 8% nationwide. As healthcare providers seek to increase intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity in the face of ...

Keeping patients safe and healthy is paramount for the healthcare industry, and yet that often comes at the expense of huge amounts of waste, significant environmental costs, and a large price tag for ...

Is America prepared for the next health epidemic? Apparently, some states are more prepared than others, at least in terms of the number of hospital beds available, according to a recent study. The ...

Hospitals are getting more crowded and healthcare experts are warning that has serious consequences for the quality of patient care. A new study published in JAMA Network projects that by 2032, ...

By late 2026, the county will have about 5.6% more hospital beds than it had at the start of last year. That runs counter to ...

A series of events that began with the pandemic and continued with the closure of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center has led the city’s public hospital system to decertify dozens of drug treatment beds ...