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Important updates about Humana Medicare Advantage
Allina Health will be out of network with Humana Medicare Advantage in 2025

Effective January 1, 2025, Allina Health will be out of network with Humana Medicare Advantage. For patients with Humana Medicare Advantage plans, this means Humana will no longer cover your care at Allina Health at in-network rates in 2025. This does not apply to Humana’s pharmacy plans.

It’s important to take action to ensure you can keep your appointments and continue receiving care from the providers you know and trust at Allina Health.

What to know

  • Allina Health remains in network with your Humana Medicare Advantage plan for the remainder of 2024. You should keep all currently scheduled appointments, tests and procedures through December 31, 2024.
  • Allina Health will not schedule appointments with patients who have Humana Medicare Advantage plans in 2025. Patients with appointments scheduled in 2025 can expect to receive a phone call from a member of the Allina Health team to discuss this change. In the meantime, we encourage you to review the options below and take action in advance.
  • We will continue to care for Humana Medicare Advantage patients in our emergency departments. In a true emergency, you may go to any hospital, regardless of whether they are in your plan’s network or not, and your care will always be covered.

    You can learn more by calling 1.866.316.0274 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Central Time.

Options for patients

If you want to continue to receive care from the Allina providers you know and trust at in-network rates, you will need to switch to another Medicare Advantage plan.

Allina Health will be in network with the following Medicare plans in 2025:

  • Allina Health Medicare Advantage | Aetna (1-800-972-3601) 
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN Medicare Advantage (1-844-777-0191) 
  • HealthPartners Medicare Advantage (1-800-247-7015)  
  • Medica Medicare Advantage (1-888-222-3197) 
  • UCare Medicare Advantage (1-833-951-3187) 
  • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage (1-844-699-7144)

The annual Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment period continues through December 7, 2024. You can switch to Original Medicare or change your Medicare Advantage plan to one of those listed above.

Because time is short, we recommend you act quickly to protect your access to care at Allina Health. You may contact 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), visit medicare.gov or reach out to a local health insurance broker for help making changes to your Medicare plan.

There is also an additional enrollment period that occurs from January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025. During this period, you have one additional opportunity to switch to Original Medicare or to a different Medicare Advantage plan. If you’ve already enrolled in a plan, you can make changes until December 7, or during the special enrollment period from January 1 – March 31.

Ongoing treatment & continuity of care coverage

Some patients with ongoing treatment may be eligible to qualify for Continuity of Care benefits from Humana. This benefit would allow these patients to continue receiving care at an in-network rate for a period of time after the contract ends, usually around 90 days. If eligible, Humana may continue covering the cost of care through March 31, 2025.  

For more information, please contact Humana at the number on the back of your insurance card to request a Continuity of Care application. Only Humana can determine if you qualify for these benefits. 

Frequently asked questions

Effective January 1, 2025, Allina Health will be out of network with Humana Medicare Advantage. Humana is unwilling to present a new, responsible agreement to keep Allina Health in-network in 2025.  

For patients with Humana Medicare Advantage plans, this means Humana will no longer cover your care at Allina Health at in-network rates in 2025. 

Allina Health patients who have Humana Medicare Advantage plans and want to continue receiving in-network care from Allina will need to switch to Original Medicare or to another Medicare Advantage plan that includes Allina Health in-network. 

A list of plans Allina Health participates in is below.  

Allina Health will be in network with the following Medicare plans in 2025:

  • Original (Traditional) Medicare 
  • Allina Health Medicare Advantage | Aetna (1-800-972-3601) 
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN Medicare Advantage (1-844-777-0191) 
  • HealthPartners Medicare Advantage (1-800-247-7015)
  • Medica Medicare Advantage (1-888-222-3197)
  • UCare Medicare Advantage (1-833-951-3187)
  • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage (1-844-699-7144) 

The annual Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment period continues through December 7, 2024. Patients can switch to Original Medicare or change their Medicare Advantage plan during that period. Because time is short, we recommend patients act quickly to protect their access to care at Allina Health.

There is an additional open enrollment period that occurs from January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025. During this period, patients have one more opportunity to switch to Original Medicare or to a different Medicare Advantage plan. 

Patients who are under the care of a physician for ongoing care may qualify for Continuity of Care benefits from Humana. This benefit would allow them to continue receiving care at an in-network rate for a period of time after the contract ends, usually about 90 days. For more information, patients must contact Humana at the number on the back of their insurance card to request a Continuity of Care application. Only Humana can determine if patients qualify for these benefits. 
Patients can contact 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), visit medicare.gov or reach out to a local health insurance broker for help making changes to their Medicare plan. Because time is short, we recommend patients act quickly to protect their access to care at Allina Health. 
No. Allina Health will continue to accept Humana pharmacy plans. We will call you if you have Humana Medicare Advantage and a Humana pharmacy plan.
We are aware that some patients enrolled in Humana Medicare Advantage through an employer-sponsored retiree health plan. If this applies to you, please contact your employer to discuss your options.