Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2025
Jakob Emerson

Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation’s older adults, but some hospitals and health systems are opting to end or not renew contracts with some MA plans over administrative challenges.

Among the most commonly cited reasons are excessive prior authorization denial rates and slow payments from insurers.

In 2023, Becker’s began reporting on hospitals and health systems nationwide that dropped some or all of their Medicare Advantage contracts. 2024 coverage is here.

30 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans:
Editor’s note: This is not an exhaustive list. It will continue to be updated this year.

  1. Ohio-based Kettering Health will no longer contract with Humana and Devoted Health past 2025.
  2. Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System...

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