Get AR BCBS LTACH Assessment Form for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACHs) 2015-2024

LTAC Hospital Expertise in Pulmonary Patients LTAC hospitals are in a unique position to care for complex pulmonary patients because they provide acute-level care to critically ill patients, with a particular competency for those with pulmonary issues.

LTAC hospitals are in a unique position to care for complex pulmonary patients because they provide acute-level care to critically ill patients, with a particular competency for those with pulmonary issues.

Long‑term care hospitals (LTCHs) are certified as acute‑care hospitals, but LTCHs focus on patients who, on average, stay more than 25 days.

It's most common for people to stay with us from 10 to 40 days before leaving for a lower level of care or home.

LTACH stands for Long-Term Acute Care Hospital. You may also see it written as LTCH, which would stand for Long-Term Care Hospital. LTACHs can be stand-alone buildings, or they can reside within a traditional acute care hospital.

In a study of 14,072 hospital patients admitted to an LTACH, the researchers found that the average patient spent 65.6 percent of his or her remaining life in a hospital or inpatient setting, and more than a third (36.9 percent) died in one, never returning home.

It's most common for people to stay with us from 10 to 40 days before leaving for a lower level of care or home.

Members who are appropriate for long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH) have complex and multiple illnesses with chest tubes, multiple organ failure, ventilation, and wounds.