Another Major Texas Health System Drops Medicare Advantage Plan: Full List
Summary
Memorial Hermann Health Plan will stop offering Medicare Advantage coverage after 2026, leaving the market for the 2027 plan year. It joins other health system-affiliated insurers withdrawing from Medicare Advantage as health systems also end some contracts with outside insurers.Key Facts
- Houston-based Memorial Hermann offered Medicare Advantage plans in six Texas counties in 2026.
- Irving-based CHRISTUS Health Plan will also exit Medicare Advantage in 2027.
- CHRISTUS offered plans in 36 Texas counties and eight New Mexico counties in 2026.
- CMS data cited in the article show 18 Medicare Advantage plans are set to exit for 2027, including 10 affiliated with health systems.
- The article identifies Braven Health, Saint Alphonsus Health Plan, Aspirus Health Plan and Providence Health Plan among the exiting insurers.
- Aspirus Health Plan offered coverage in 21 Wisconsin counties in 2026.
- CMS suspended new enrollment in Aspirus Health Plan in February after Minnesota regulators took over its claims processor, UCare.
- Becker's tracked 35 health system contract breaks with Medicare Advantage insurers that were announced or took effect in 2026.
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