MedCity News April 15, 2025
Marissa Plescia

SCAN Group is partnering with Sutter Health to develop new Medicare Advantage products and eventually launch a joint venture Medicare Advantage plan.

There has been growing tension between health systems and Medicare Advantage plans in recent years, with some health systems cutting ties entirely with MA plans. This has partially been due to administrative challenges and high rates of claims denials.

But last week, an MA insurer and a health system announced that they are coming together. SCAN Group — which offers MA plans — is partnering with health system Sutter Health to create new MA products in Northern California, and eventually build a joint venture MA health plan. SCAN serves 300,000 members in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New...

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