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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The option to continue hospital care inside of your home is available for eligible Vanderbilt University Medical Center patients. Andrew Midgett is a bone cancer patient at ...

Overburdened Massachusetts hospitals are allowed through next April to keep using temporary beds to bolster their capacity to care for patients, state public health officials said in recently extended ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new 'virtual nursing system' will soon be available at every Sentara Hospital throughout Hampton Roads. Originally launched in 2014, the health care system is expanding the program to ...

Some European countries are now addressing persistent hospital overcrowding and bed shortages by sending patients home sooner while continuing to provide them with hospital-level care. Joanne Hockley, ...

In the television drama “The Pitt,” patients in a fictional emergency room in Pittsburgh are sometimes “boarded” in corridors for hours, even days, waiting for a hospital bed. Art, in this case, ...