Discharges and Inpatient Days by Payer

DISTRIBUTION OF DISCHARGES AND INPATIENT DAYS BY PAYER | 2025

In FY2025, the Federal programs Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid combined to cover over 50 percent of the discharges from community hospitals in Kansas. In addition, the number of Medicare inpatient days is 41 percent of the inpatient days in Kansas.Medicare Advantage plans now cover over 22% percent of discharges, up from 16 percent in 2020.