Mass General Brigham to remove Dana-Farber from Medicare Advantage network
The Medicare Advantage plan operated by Mass General Brigham's insurance division will remove the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from its network starting October 1. As STAT News reports, this followed a split between Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber.
What will change for patients
Patients with this insurance plan who receive treatment at Dana-Farber will have to either see another oncologist or change insurance plans after the network change. In particular, 88-year-old retired accountant Eldon Klingan has been treated by the same cancer specialist at Dana-Farber for more than two decades.
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According to the publication, Klingan trusts his doctor and believes she saved his life. Starting October 1, he will be forced to choose a new oncologist or different insurance because his plan will no longer include Dana-Farber in its network.
Number of plan members
Mass General Brigham's Medicare Advantage plan has about 20,500 members. At the same time, only a portion of them receive cancer care at Dana-Farber at any given time, STAT News notes.
