Medicare Advantage

HealthSpring Medicare Advantage in Ohio for 2027: 6 Plans, County by County

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans comparing Medicare Advantage coverage for 2027 will see HealthSpring on the shelf again, with six plans listed statewide in the federal government's plan files. HealthSpring is a Medicare Advantage brand offered under its parent organization, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC). This article is published by an independent Medicare education site; we are not the government and not the carrier, and we are not here to pick a plan for you.

The point of this explainer is simple: tell you what HealthSpring is bringing to Ohio in 2027 according to the CMS Medicare Advantage Landscape Source Files, and show you how to check whether any of it is actually available where you live. Plans in Medicare Advantage are offered county by county, so a plan that exists somewhere in Ohio may not be offered in your county.

What HealthSpring offers Ohio for 2027

Across Ohio, the CMS Landscape file lists 6 HealthSpring Medicare Advantage plans for the 2027 plan year. By plan type, that breaks down as 4 HMO plans and 2 PPO plans. All 6 plans include Part D prescription drug coverage.

HealthSpring is not listing any Special Needs Plans in Ohio for 2027. That means 0 Dual-Eligible SNPs (D-SNPs) for people with both Medicare and Medicaid, 0 Chronic Condition SNPs (C-SNPs), and 0 Institutional SNPs (I-SNPs). If a Special Needs Plan is what fits your situation, you will need to look at other carriers in the state.

For context on the wider market: 19 other carriers are offering Medicare Advantage in Ohio for 2027, and all carriers together list 180 plans statewide. HealthSpring is one option in a crowded field, and the full carrier list appears in the tables on this page.

HealthSpring plans with the widest county reach

HealthSpring's 2027 plans and their statewide reach are listed in the plan table on this page. The widest-reach plans in Ohio for 2027 — tied at 13 counties each — are:

• HealthSpring Preferred (HMO) — HMO with drug coverage
• HealthSpring Preferred Savings (HMO) — HMO with drug coverage
• HealthSpring True Choice (PPO) — PPO with drug coverage

Each of those plan names also appears a second time in the CMS file as a separate contract offered in 10 counties. "Widest reach" only means the plan is listed in more Ohio counties than its sibling plans; it does not say anything about cost, benefits, networks, or quality, and it is not a recommendation.

What is new, and what is not returning

For 2027, HealthSpring has 0 new plans in Ohio compared with 2026. The count of HealthSpring plans not returning to Ohio for 2027 is not available in the data we are working from, so we are stating none here rather than guessing. If you were enrolled in a HealthSpring plan for 2026, watch your mail in the fall of 2026 for the Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) from the carrier — that is the document that tells you exactly how your specific plan is changing for 2027, or whether it is being discontinued.

Checking whether a plan is offered in your county

This is the step most people skip, and it is the step that matters most. Statewide counts in the CMS Landscape file tell you a plan exists somewhere in Ohio. They do not tell you whether it is offered in Hamilton County, in Ashtabula County, or in Van Wert County.

To check your county:

1. Go to medicare.gov and open the Medicare Plan Finder. 2. Enter your ZIP code and, if asked, your county. 3. Filter for Medicare Advantage plans and look for the HealthSpring plan name as listed in the table above. 4. Open the plan's details and confirm your doctors and hospitals are in the network, and that each of your prescriptions is on the plan's formulary at a tier you can live with. 5. If anything is unclear, call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), available 24/7, or read the plan's own Evidence of Coverage and provider and pharmacy directories.

Doctor networks and drug formularies can change from one plan year to the next, even if the plan name looks the same. Verify both for 2027 specifically, not for 2026.

What to do before December 7

The Annual Enrollment Period for 2027 coverage runs October 15 through December 7, 2026. Any Medicare Advantage or Part D choice you make inside that window takes effect January 1, 2027.

A short checklist:

• Read your current plan's Annual Notice of Change if you have one for 2026.
• List your prescriptions (name, dose, frequency) and your regular providers.
• On Medicare.gov, compare plans available in your county for 2027, including HealthSpring and the other 19 carriers listed in Ohio.
• Confirm each candidate plan covers your doctors and your drugs for the 2027 plan year.
• Enroll, switch, or stay — your choice — by December 7, 2026.

There is no reason to rush. The deadline is a fixed date, not a countdown.

Where to get free help

Two no-cost, nonpartisan places to go:

• Medicare.gov — the official federal site. Use the Plan Finder to compare plans in your county, read Star Ratings, and view each plan's documents.
• 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), TTY 1-877-486-2048 — available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to answer questions and help you enroll.

For plan specifics — premiums, deductibles, copays, extra benefits, networks, drug tiers, and Star Ratings — go to the Medicare Plan Finder at medicare.gov, call 1-800-MEDICARE, or read the plan's own Evidence of Coverage. Those are the authoritative sources, and they are the ones we point readers to instead of quoting figures ourselves.