as well as the United Healthcare MA plan discussed in the OP.
Newsweek, 7/24/24
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/hospitals-leave-medicare-advantage-networks-as-problems-plague-coverage/ar-BB1qzmah
Humana's Medicare Advantage plans will also no longer be accepted as in-network options at Aultman facilities in Ohio. ((much more about this later in the article -Progree))
... HealthPartners Blocks Medicare Advantage
((blah blah about the stuff in the OP of HealthPartners leaving UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage network - Progree))
The [HealthPartners] hospital operator also previously dropped Humana's Medicare Advantage plans from its network of covered insurers.
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For 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a new rule increasing Medicare hospital outpatient payment system rates by 3.1 percent, but insurers have been complaining it doesn't cut their patients' needs, leading to issues with payments for the hospitals.
"The payout rate increase being argued by insurance carriers is not enough, and insurance companies are reporting higher utilization which means their members are costing them more," Chris Fong, Medicare specialist and Smile Insurance CEO, told Newsweek.