Twenty-nine health systems plan to exit Medicare Advantage

Twenty-nine health systems plan to discontinue their participation in Medicare Advantage programs. The count is the sum of separate announced departures across the provider sector, marking a collective withdrawal from the federally managed private insurance alternative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare.

Medicare Advantage channels federal funding through private insurers rather than directly to beneficiaries. Those insurers contract with health systems to form the provider networks through which enrolled patients access care. A health system that exits removes itself from those contractual arrangements.

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