Four UChicago Medicine AdventHealth hospitals in Chicago’s western suburbs, in Hinsdale, La Grange, GlenOaks and Bolingbrook, will be out of network for UnitedHealthcare and HealthSpring Medicare Advantage plans on January 1, 2027. Members who use those hospitals have until the fall enrollment window closes to decide whether to keep the plan or move. That window ends December 7.
Four hospitals, three plan families
UnitedHealthcare says on its network notice for the system, updated October 7, that it and UChicago Medicine AdventHealth “have made the mutual decision to end our Medicare Advantage network relationship.” The change covers Bolingbrook, GlenOaks, Hinsdale and La Grange. It applies to UnitedHealthcare individual Medicare Advantage plans and Group Retiree plans effective January 1, 2027.
The health system’s own Medicare resource hub is more specific about brands. It lists AARP Medicare Advantage plans through UnitedHealthcare, HealthSpring Medicare Advantage plans, and UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans, individual and group retiree, as no longer in network as of January 1, 2027. HealthSpring does not appear on the UnitedHealthcare page, so that part of the list comes from the hospital side only…