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Devoted Health Medicare Advantage Utah 2027: 5 New Counties

Most of this fall's Utah Medicare news is about carriers leaving counties. One is going the other way. Devoted Health's Utah map grows from six counties to eleven for 2027, and in three rural counties it arrives in the same year another carrier's plans end. Here is where it is, what its plans look like in the CMS file, and what a new name on the shelf does and does not tell you.

Medicare On Main Data Desk

Published October 11, 2026 · 7 min read · Reviewed by Brian Penner

A new carrier in your county is a fact, not a recommendation. I pulled every Devoted Health row for Utah out of the CMS 2026 and 2027 landscape files on October 11 and matched them by contract-plan ID. This post reports what those files show. It is not an endorsement of Devoted or a criticism of anyone else, and the file leaves out the things that usually decide whether a plan fits: the provider network, copays and drug tiers.

The five new counties

The plan counts are Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage from all carriers, not counting Special Needs Plans. The last column is the carrier that sold in the county in 2026 and has no plan of that kind there for 2027.

Sources: CMS CY2027 landscape file compared against the CY2026 file. Plan and carrier names are reproduced from the public files for information and do not imply endorsement of any company or plan.

Two different things are happening in that table.

On the Wasatch Front, Devoted is one more name on a long shelf. Utah County and Weber County each keep six carriers. HealthSpring, the former Cigna Medicare business, has no Utah Medicare Advantage plan for 2027, and Devoted's arrival holds the carrier count level. A Provo or Ogden resident has plenty to compare, and our Utah County post and our Ogden and Layton post list every plan.

In Duchesne, Juab and Rich, Devoted is a large share of the choice. These are three of the ten counties where Aetna has no plan for 2027. Each keeps the same number of carriers it had, because Devoted arrived as Aetna's plans ended. Rich County has two carriers and seven plans, every one a PPO. Nobody is moved from an ended plan into a Devoted plan. A member whose plan was discontinued chooses, and Devoted is one of the options on the list, beside the others and beside Original Medicare.

Sources: CMS landscape files · CMS September 2026 enrollment.

The three general plans, 2026 and 2027

Premium is the monthly plan premium on top of Part B, which you still pay. Cap is the in-network maximum out-of-pocket for the year. The drug deductible is the Part D deductible. All three plans are sold in all 11 counties with the same numbers.

Source: CMS CY2026 and CY2027 landscape files, October 11, 2026.

Three things stand out.

• The caps moved up. Choice 001 goes from $5,500 to $6,350 and Choice Giveback from $9,250 to $9,850. That is the direction most Utah plans moved this year. In Salt Lake County, 18 of 24 plans had a cap under $6,350 in 2026, and 9 of 22 do for 2027.
• The drug deductibles crossed. Choice 001 goes from $375 to $650. Choice Giveback goes from $605 down to $461. If you take a brand-name drug, that line can matter more than the premium.
• "Giveback" means a Part B premium reduction. The plan pays part of your Part B premium. The landscape file does not show the amount, so I will not quote one. It is on the plan's Summary of Benefits. Look at what it sits beside: the two giveback plans carry the two highest caps. Money back each month and a higher ceiling in a bad year is a trade, and it suits some people and not others.

If you are already a Devoted member in one of the six continuing counties, your plan ID is the same and you stay enrolled unless you choose otherwise. What you received is an Annual Notice of Change. CMS counted 1,104 members in the two general plans in September, 699 of them in Salt Lake County.

The Special Needs Plans

Devoted also sells three Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans and one Dual Special Needs Plan in the same 11 counties. You must have a qualifying condition, or both Medicare and Medicaid, to join one.

Source: CMS CY2026 and CY2027 landscape files. Our post on Utah plans for people with diabetes explains how chronic-condition plans work.

What a new carrier cannot tell you yet

There is no Star Rating. CMS published 2027 ratings on October 8, and Devoted's Utah contract, H4473, is listed as too new to be measured (CMS Star Ratings data tables). That is a statement about time, not quality. Ratings are built from prior-year performance data that a new contract does not have yet. Our Utah Star Ratings post shows the rated contracts.

There is no local track record in the five new counties. A plan that is new to Roosevelt or Nephi has a network that was built this year. So the network is the first thing to check, and you check it by name:

1. Your primary care doctor and every specialist. Search the plan's 2027 provider directory, then call the office and ask, "Are you in network for this plan for 2027?" Use the plan name and number.
2. Your hospital. In a rural county that usually means one local hospital and one referral hospital on the Wasatch Front. Check both.
3. Your prescriptions and your pharmacy. Run your list through Medicare Plan Compare, which prices each drug on each plan.

These are PPOs, so you can generally use out-of-network providers who agree to see you, at a higher cost and under a higher combined cap. That flexibility is real, and it is not the same as being in network. Our Salt Lake County PPO post lists every 2027 PPO there.

If your old plan ended and Devoted is on your list

Members of a discontinued plan in Duchesne, Juab, Rich, Utah or Weber County have the same three doors as everyone else in that position, and more time than most people realize.

1. Another Medicare Advantage plan in your county, chosen between October 15 and December 7 so it starts January 1 (Medicare.gov).
2. Original Medicare with a Medigap policy and a stand-alone drug plan. Because your plan was discontinued, you can buy Medigap Plan A, B, D, G, K or L with no health questions if you return to Original Medicare, from November 1, 2026 through March 4, 2027 (Medicare.gov). Medigap has no network. In a county with two or three carriers, that is worth pricing before you decide.
3. Original Medicare with a drug plan and no Medigap. The lowest monthly cost, and no yearly limit on your 20% share.

A Special Enrollment Period also runs from December 8 through February 28 (42 CFR § 422.62). How long you have, date by date. The Medigap right belongs only to people whose plan ended. If you are simply curious about a new plan and your current one continues, switching is an ordinary fall decision, and going back to Medigap later may involve health questions.

Where Devoted is not

Devoted has no 2027 plan in St. George, Cedar City, Logan, Brigham City or Price, and none in southeast Utah. Grand and San Juan counties are not on its map in either year. Our statewide list of Utah plan changes covers every carrier and county.

How we know all this: the Medicare On Main Data Desk frames every article with public data — here, the CMS CY2026 and CY2027 landscape files compared by Contract Plan ID on October 11, 2026, the CMS September 2026 enrollment file by contract, plan and county, the CMS 2027 Star Ratings data tables published October 8, 2026, and the federal rules and Medicare.gov pages on enrollment periods and Medigap guaranteed-issue rights. Enrollment cells under 11 are suppressed by CMS and are not in our totals. The landscape file does not show copays, drug tiers, provider networks or the amount of any Part B premium reduction; the plan's own documents do. Medicare On Main is a licensed independent insurance agency. We do not offer every plan available in your area. Any information we provide is limited to the plans we do offer in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of your options. Not connected with or endorsed by the U.S. government or the federal Medicare program. Mentioning a carrier is not an endorsement or a criticism; plan availability is a fact of the market. This is education, not advice; confirm your plan, costs and eligibility with a licensed agent or Medicare.gov.