Enrollment in provider-sponsored Medicare Advantage plans declined by nearly 60,000 members for 2025, according to a report from Chartis.
The healthcare consulting firm published an analysis of CMS Medicare Advantage enrollment data March 25.
Overall, Medicare Advantage plans gained 1.3 million new enrollees, a smaller growth rate than the program has seen in previous years.
Kaiser Permanente saw the largest membership growth for 2025 among provider-sponsored plans, gaining 58,000 new members. Trinity Health and UPMC Health Plan each added 11,000 MA members.
Facing rising medical costs and increasing regulatory demands, some health systems have chosen to get out of the insurance business, including some Medicare Advantage plans.
Farmers Branch, Texas-based Southwestern Health Resources shut down Care N’ Care, its Medicare Advantage plan, at the end of 2024. The company had 26,000 Medicare Advantage members, according to CMS enrollment data.
Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine plans to discontinue its health plan at the end of 2025. The plan has more than 9,000 Medicare Advantage members, per CMS.