Kettering Health, the Dayton-based nonprofit system with 14 medical centers across western Ohio, will not renew its contract with Anthem’s Medicare Advantage plans, and the change takes effect January 1, 2027. Patients on those plans can keep using Kettering through December 31, 2026. After that, Kettering would be out of network for them.
Kettering announced the decision on October 6, 2026, nine days before Medicare’s annual enrollment period opened. The system’s release says the change covers Anthem Medicare Advantage plans, and names Anthem MyCare among them.
What Kettering says Anthem would not fix
Kettering says Anthem did not offer terms that “meaningfully addressed administrative and operational burdens.” The system also points to growing shortfalls from claim denials and payment reductions, and says Anthem’s reimbursement has stayed well below traditional Medicare and inflation…