Open Enrollment – Individual Health Insurance Marketplace
Individual Health Insurance Marketplace
Open Enrollment for the Individual Health Insurance Marketplace is the chance for you and your family to get a new health insurance plan. Before you enroll, it's important to compare plans and consider if your Atrium Health doctors are covered in your plan.
Keep reading to learn which plans include Atrium Health, how to enroll and more.
Visit Healthcare.gov to compare your Insurance Options
Key dates:
November 1
December 15
January 1
Why choose a plan that includes Atrium Health?
If you already have an Atrium Health doctor or hospital you prefer, you may want to pick a health insurance plan that includes them. This lets you continue seeing them while better managing your healthcare costs. In addition to your doctor and hospital, you get seamless connection to Atrium Health's vast care options. A few highlights include:
- Unmatched, world-class care from over 53 specialties in more than 50 facilities throughout the region
- Nationally-verified Level I-designated Trauma Center and a four-time Magnet Designated hospital for nursing excellence worldwide
- Primary care from the region's preferred provider, including family medicine, internal medicine and women's health
- The region's largest network of behavioral health and substance use services
- Convenient on-demand care options, like urgent cares and video visits
- Peace of mind that when you get care from Atrium Health, you can more easily keep your out-of-pocket costs down
Which plans include Atrium Health Navicent?
For 2024, the following plans sold on the Individual Health Insurance Marketplace include Atrium Health doctors and hospitals in their networks:
AHN Medical Center, AHN Peach, AHN Baldwin, AHN Rehabiltation Hospital*- Alliant Health Plans - SoloCare plans
- Ambetter*
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ga Blue Value plans - excluding AHN Peach
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ga Pathway* plans - AHN Baldwin only
- Pathway Enhanced
- Pathway Guided Access HMO
- Pathway HMO
- Pathway X Enhanced
- Pathway X Guided Access HMO
*Not all plans are available in every county within the area. Please check with the individual plan to confirm benefits and in-network providers.
Patients with a medical emergency, should go to the closest hospital emergency room. Atrium Health hospitals provide services to all patients seeking treatment for an emergency medical condition, regardless of their health insurance plan or ability to pay for emergency services.
Frequently asked questions
The marketplace is an online resource where you can shop for, compare, and enroll in or update a health insurance plan. You can also see if you're eligible for savings.
“Open enrollment” is a federally mandated time when you can enroll in or make changes to a health plan.
Changes are often made to plans available on the health insurance marketplace. These changes may affect which providers, hospitals and other health services are included in a plan's network, as well as the costs you will be responsible for paying.
A “network” is a group of doctors and hospitals that participates in a health insurance plan. Usually, your out-of-pocket costs are lower if you seek care from doctors and hospitals that belong to your health insurance plan's network.
Most health insurance plans have networks of doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare providers. Depending on the type of health coverage you choose, your care may only be covered if you go to an in-network provider. If staying with your current doctors is important to you, be sure to check if they're included before deciding.
Health insurance helps you pay for your care. It's impossible to predict what your medical bills will be each year. Having coverage gives you the peace of mind that you are protected from very high medical expenses.
Studies show that people with health insurance are much more likely than those without it to use preventive health services and necessary prescription drugs. They are also less likely to incur medical debts.
Out-of-pocket costs are your total expenses for medical care that are not paid by your health insurance plan.
Whether you're applying for the first time or already have an individual health insurance plan that you need to update, you can visit Healthcare.gov for a full listing of plans by state and a checklist of documents you need.
You can also talk with your local health insurance agent.