Naples Comprehensive Health, the hospital system in Naples, Florida, will stop accepting Cigna HealthSpring and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans on Jan. 1, 2027. The system, known as NCH, says care under those plans is unchanged until then. After that date, its doctors and elective hospital services will not schedule appointments for patients who still hold either plan.
What NCH has announced
NCH posted the change on its Medicare Advantage update page, which was last modified Oct. 27. The page says that beginning Jan. 1, 2027, NCH “will no longer accept” Cigna/HealthSpring and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans. It also warns that patients who stay in those plans will likely face higher out-of-pocket costs or limited coverage.
The page gives two reasons. NCH says it regularly reviews the Medicare Advantage plans it takes to make sure they support high-quality, patient-centered care, and it wants to cut what it calls unnecessary administrative barriers. It also says more people in its community are reaching Medicare age, so it wants a smaller, more coordinated group of Medicare Advantage partners…