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MyChart ‘Medicare Kit’ scam

Wednesday,  September  30,  2026


A phishing scam impersonating MyChart is targeting patients at health systems across the country, with fraudulent emails and texts dangling a "MyChart Medicare Kit" or "Senior Health Package" to trick recipients into clicking malicious links or handing over personal information.

The messages, which use subject lines such as Your MyChart Medicare Awaits and references to free senior wellness packages, do not originate from the health systems or from Epic MyChart platform. Organizations are urging patients to delete the emails without clicking any links, verify sender addresses, watch for grammatical errors, and be skeptical of unsolicited free offers.

Here are the health systems that have warned patients about the scam:

� Sentara Health (Norfolk, Va.)

� UMass Memorial Health (Worcester, Mass.)

� Methodist Health System (Dallas)

� Southeast Health (Dothan, Ala.)

� Cass Health (Atlantic, Iowa)

� MetroHealth (Cleveland)

� Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital

In response to a request for comment, Epic pointed Becker�s to a July 27 post on MyChart.org. In it, Trevor Berceau, director of research and development at Epic, said the rise in scam attempts �is due to scammers taking advantage of the popularity of the MyChart brand rather than any security concern,� and that patients �can continue to use MyChart as normal.� He pointed users to the "Staying Safe" page on MyChart.org for additional guidance.

Editor's note: This list will be updated as more organizations issue warnings. If you know of others that should be on this list, please email [email protected].

By: Giles Bruce
Thursday, August 13th, 2026

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/7-health-systems-warn-of-mychart-medicare-kit-scam/?origin=BHRSUN&oly_enc_id=6443H4794601F1A
 

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Humana Part C and Medicare out of OSU Wexner Medic

Thursday,  October  1,  2026

This does not affect Medical Supplement Plans

This means the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and The James services, physicians, care teams and facilities will be out of Humana�s network beginning Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.

Humana has a 90-day legal obligation to cover after 1OCT. This will take you through Medicare Open Enrollment 15OCT to 7DEC2026 to change Advantage plans for the 2027 plan year.

Please note: If you only have a Medicare Advantage Plan (Part C) through alight, due to OP-F extortion rules, you will are required to change plans through the alight to protect your stipend and of course, alights commissions. (agent of record).

This does not affect Humana Medical Supplement Plans
 

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Burn Tournament Golf Outing

Friday,  October  2,  2026

Graywolf Golf Club, 1 Club Dr, Clayton, OH 45315  

$120/golfer  

Price includes Golf round, meal , drink tickets, gift, free driving range prpriot to shotgun start

Proceeds Benefits the Dayton Firefighters Charitable Foundation.

Scan the QR code on more information tab for details.
 

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28 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plan

Thursday,  October  15,  2026

Nationwide  

28 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans:
Editor’s note: This is not an exhaustive list and includes contract breaks effective in or announced in 2026. It will continue to be updated this year.

Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health will be out of network with Centene’s Wellcare and HCSC’s HealthSpring at the end of 2026.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health will be out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA plans at the end of 2026.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health will go out of network with Anthem MA at the end of 2026 if the parties cannot reach a new deal.

Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health System will go out of network with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage on Oct. 1.

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The James Cancer Center and OSU-affiliated physicians will be out of network with Humana MA on Oct. 1. Humana notified the health system that it was terminating the contract, and OSU said it remains interested in renewing. Humana also said it is open to continued discussions.

Oklahoma-based Norman Regional Health System went out of network with Aetna MA in August, and will go out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA in October.

New Bern, N.C.-based CarolinaEast Medical Center officially exited BCBS North Carolina’s MA network on July 1, while CarolinaEast Physicians remain in-network. The medical center will also go out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA at the end of 2026.

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services will stop scheduling patients with UnitedHealthcare MA plans, effective Jan. 1, 2027.

University of Miami Health System is out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA, excluding the Preferred Care Network plan, which will go out of network in 2027 without a new contract in place.

Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health physicians went out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA on July 1. Brown’s hospitals went out of network with the insurer’s MA plans in July 2025.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center went out of network with Aetna MA in December 2025 and went out of network with Humana MA on July 1.

NewYork-Presbyterian and UnitedHealthcare MA will go out of network on Oct. 1 without a new agreement in place, following several extensions of the original January deadline.

Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional went out of network with Aetna MA in April.

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare no longer contracts with any nongroup MA PPO plans in the Puget Sound region.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic went out-of-network with most MA plans from UnitedHealthcare and Humana, per the Star Tribune.

Irvine, Calif.-based Providence Clinical Network went out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA in January.

New York City-based Mount Sinai went out of network with Anthem MA in January.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health went out of network with Humana, WellCare (Centene), and Health Care Service Corp. (formerly Cigna) MA plans in January.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network went out of network with UnitedHealthcare MA in January.

Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health dropped Humana MA in January.

Most primary care providers at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham are no longer in network with MA plans from UnitedHealthcare or BCBS Massachusetts.

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System no longer accepts Humana MA.

Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health ended its contract with Humana MA in 2026.

Kettering (Ohio) Health no longer contracts with Humana and Devoted Health MA in 2026.

Clarion-based Iowa Specialty Hospitals and Clinics dropped all MA plans in 2026, except for Aetna, Medigold, UnitedHealthcare, and Wellmark BCBS.

Batesville, Ark.-based White River Health went out of network with Aetna MA in February, and with UnitedHealthcare MA in April.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health is no longer in-network with Aetna MA in 2026.

South Kingstown, R.I.-based South County Hospital is out of network with Aetna MA.
 

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OSU/Wexner Humana Medicare Advantage and Medicaid

Thursday,  October  15,  2026

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The James have reached agreements with Humana that will preserve in-network access for patients with Humana Medicaid and Humana Group Medicare Advantage plans. However,

an agreement hasn’t been reached for Humana Individual Medicare Advantage plans
 

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Trunk or Treat

Friday,  October  23,  2026  -  5:00 pm

Activity Center, 3616 Needmore Road  

Local 136 Trunk or Treat, Family event.
Costurem & bring your spooky spirit, pumpking carving.
5pm-8pm

Please RSVP with Christine.
 

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Event Contact: Christine Post, 937-237-7157


Drug Plan on Double secret probation, you can chan

Monday,  November  23,  2026

Medicare: If you purchased the Cigna Saver Prescription drug plan in the last 2-years or so, you may have discovered Cigna is now Healthspring and your monthly premium went from $15.70 to $65.70 if you did not change your Part D Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) last fall. The OP-F broker did not notify. Please remember to look at your drug plan every year as OP-F allows alight to steer you away from all your options to extort your business for the stipend. In 2026 there are 10ea Part D plans available, OP-F allowed alight to ban four of those plans. One is a ZERO dollar plan.
THE GOOD NEWS: (short version) Healthspring is on double secret probation as a 2.5 star plan so, you can move your drug plan anytime in 2026 to the Wellcare Saver $7.60 (3-star) plan. If alight/AON is your agent of record, sold you the plan, contact them and tell them you would like to use the star-rating and enroll in another plan (3-star or better) if appropriate for you. We have made the alight change and it does work, you may need to ask for an alight supervisor.
 


ACA Marketplace update: 17FEB

Tuesday,  December  1,  2026

ACA Marketplace, like many of us our premiums have doubled waiting on Congress to do their job. The government shut-down last fall was over extending market place benefits.
Currently the House has approved a 3-year extension. The senate has not moved on anything as we look at another shut-down. In the meantime 1.2 million souls have flat out lost health care as their premiums have jump from the $800s to over $1650/month for crappy HMO insurance. From what I have read our own Freshman senator: Senator Moreno appears to have put himself in charge of the process. Emails from him are the standard "I want to hear from constituents", not responding to my emails. Our other Senator: Jon Husted was not elected by the people, he was placed in JD Vance's seat by Dewine after JD went to Washington. Senator Husted seat is up for election during mid-terms this fall. They can be contacted:

Bernie Moreno: 202-224-2315 or https://www.moreno.senate.gov/contact/
Jon Husted: 202-224-3353 or https://www.husted.senate.gov/contact/contact-jon/

Please remember the Ohio Police and Fire Pension as well as Ohio Public Employees System have brought this down on us. The pensions are the problem.

Stay safe and look out for one another... no one else will.
 


CareSource exiting the Ohio ACA Marketplace for 20

Tuesday,  December  15,  2026

Just a reminder that CareSource will be exiting the Ohio ACA Marketplace for 2027. As a result, any current ACA business have with CareSource will not be renewing and will need to be transitioned to one of the remaining marketplace carriers for 2027.

Marketplace Carriers

Ambetter (Buckeye Community Health Plan)
Anthem
Antidote
Oscar
UnitedHealthcare
 


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HELPS Act $3000 Repeal direct payment.
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