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Humana Inc.
RevenueIncrease US$106.4 billion (2023)
Increase US$4.01 billion (2023)
Decrease US$2.48 billion (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$47.07 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$16.32 billion (2023)
Number of employees
67,600 (2023)
Websitehumana.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Humana Inc. is a for-profit American

Louisville, Kentucky. In 2023, the company ranked 42 on the Fortune 500 list,[2] which made it the highest ranked (by revenues) company based in Kentucky. It is the fourth largest health insurance provider in the U.S.[3]

History

1961–1983: Nursing homes and hospitals

Lawyers David A. Jones Sr. and

hospitals.[5]

In 1974, the partners changed the corporate name to Humana Inc.[5] The name was meant to change public perception from 'warehousing' or indifferently treating people to providing a higher level of human care and, by extension, more humane care.[6] It grew in the following years, both by business and in 1978 through the takeover of American Medicorp Inc.,[7] which doubled the company's size, and grew into the world's largest hospital company in the 1980s.[8] During this period, Humana developed the double corridor model for hospital construction. This design minimized the distance between patients and nurses by placing nursing support services in the interior of the building with patient rooms surrounding the perimeter.[citation needed]

1984–present

As the

American health care system changed in the 1980s, "one of its hospitals in Arizona lost a contract with the largest health-maintenance organization in the area [and] Humana created its own health insurance plan."[5]

In 1993, Humana had become the largest hospital operator in the country, owning 77 hospitals.[

Hospital Corporation of America for $3.4 billion.[5]

In 1998, one year after Jones had stepped aside as CEO,

United Healthcare made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire Humana.[5] Humana pulled out of the acquisition after United stock dropped $2.9 billion in value.[9] In 2001, Humana was a cofounder of Avality.[10]

In 2005, Humana entered into a

business partnership with Virgin Group, offering financial incentives to members for healthy behavior, such as regular exercise.[11]

On November 16, 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Humana Inc. partnered to expand on traditional private-sector approaches to population health management.[12]

In 2010, Humana bought Texas-based Concentra Inc., which owns urgent-care and physical therapy centers, for $790 million, effectively returning to healthcare services.[5] In May 2011, Humana announced it would be using mobileStorm to transmit protected health information to patients.[13]

In March 2015, Humana announced the sale of Concentra to private equity firm

Select Medical Holdings Corporation for about $1 billion, with proceeds to fund a "$2 billion share buyback program and other corporate spending."[14]

In July 2015,

Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. quashed a $34 billion merger agreement after judges ruled against the merger for a second time.[17]

In July 2018, Humana joined two private equity firms in the acquisition of Kindred Healthcare. The deal provided Humana with a 40% stake in the company's home health, hospice and community care businesses, called "Kindred at Home," for approximately $800 million.[18][19] In August 2018, Humana announced the creation of a digital health and analytics division called Humana Studio H.[20]

In December 2019, the company announced it would acquire Enclara Healthcare from Consonance Capital Partners and Enclara management.[21]

In 2021, Susan Diamond, formerly occupying an interim position, was announced to be the new permanent CFO. Her appointment to the position comes with the company's focus being turned towards the home healthcare business, acquiring in April of the same year a 60% stake in Kindred at Home, an in-home care and hospice business.[22][23][24]

In April 2022, it was announced Humana would sell a 60% interest of its Kindred at Home division to the private investment company, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, for US$2.8 billion.[25]

In February 2023, Humana announced they were exiting the employer-based commercial group insurance market.[26]

Corporate affairs

Sponsorship

Humana is the presenting sponsor of the

National Senior Games.[28]

Since 1979, Humana has been a principal sponsor of the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky.[29]

Champions Tour.[citation needed
]

The

mares, four-years-old and up. The race is run each spring on Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs and set at a distance of 7 furlongs for a purse of $250,000.[citation needed
]

Humana Military Healthcare Services

In 1993, Humana founded Humana Military Healthcare Services (HMHS) as a wholly owned subsidiary.

TRICARE contract in 1995, and began serving military beneficiaries in 1996.[32]

From 2004 to 2009, HMHS was the managed care contractor for the Department of Defense

TRICARE
South Region.

In 2009, HMHS' Managed Care Support Contract was awarded to United Military and Veterans Services, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. HMHS protested that decision and the Government Accountability Office upheld the protest in late 2009.[33]

In 2011, HMHS regained the five-year contract to administer medical benefits to military members and families in the South region, a contract worth $23.5 billion.[5] In 2018, this was moved to the new TRICARE East region during the TRICARE regional realignment.

On December 22, 2022, the

Department of Defense announced the award of the managed care support contract for the TRICARE East Region to Humana Military.[34]

Legal campaign against drug price fixing

Humana filed a lawsuit in August 2019, alleging that 37 defendants engaged in a “far-reaching conspiracy” to “blatantly fix the price” of generic drugs. This follows a similar smaller lawsuit from October 2018.[35]

Controversy

In 1987, Humana sued

for-profit medical corporation and renamed "Ecumena", with subsequent changes to the hospital, both positive and negative, emanating from that change. The company claimed that the program infringed on the Humana trademark.[36] Humana failed to block the airing of the show,[36] but was successful at forcing NBC into showing a disclaimer at the beginning of the September 30 episode saying that the drama had no connection whatsoever with Humana.[37]

On May 30, 1996, Linda Peeno, a physician who was contracted to work for Humana for nine months, testified before Congress as to the downside of managed care. Peeno said she was effectively rewarded by her employer for causing the death of a patient, because it saved the company a half-million dollars. Peeno stated that she felt the "managed care" model was inherently unethical.[38]

In 1999, season one of Michael Moore's TV series

pancreatic failure needing a transplant. The man's policy stated it covered all of his diabetes-related expenses, but another section of the policy stated that it did not cover organ transplants. Moore conducted a fake funeral on the front steps of the Humana building, and three days later Humana changed its policy and authorized the man's treatment.[39]

Michael Moore's 2007 documentary Sicko used the video of Linda Peeno's testimony.[40] On June 28, 2007, Humana declared that Peeno was never a Humana "associate" (permanent, full-time employee), but rather a "part-time contractor." Humana disputed portions of her Congressional testimony by saying that because the patient's healthcare plan did not cover heart transplants, denial of coverage was valid.[41]

On September 21, 2009, the

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services instructed Humana to cease all such mailings to Medicare plan members pending an investigation.[43] HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a letter to the insurance industry, threatened that bad actors may be excluded from new health insurance markets that were to open in 2014. Senate Republicans pointed out in a letter to Sebelius that a 1997 directive from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services explicitly allowed HMOs to tell members about legislation and urge them to express opinions.[citation needed
]

See also

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External links

  • Official website
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