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{{Short description|American health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky}} {{About|the health insurance company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{advert|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox company | name = Humana Inc. | logo = Humana logo.svg | logo_size = | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{Unbulleted list|{{NYSE|HUM}}|[[S&P 500]] component}} | key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Kurt J. Hilzinger ([[chairman]]) |[[Jim Rechtin]] ([[CEO]]) |Susan Diamond ([[CFO]])}} | industry = {{ubl|[[Managed care|Managed healthcare]]|[[Insurance]]}} | products = {{ubl|[[Healthcare services]]|[[Health insurance]]|[[Health care provider]]|[[Pharmacy benefit manager]]}} | revenue = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|118 billion|link=yes}} (2024)}} | operating_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|2.56 billion}} (2024)}} | net_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|1.21 billion}} (2024)}} | assets = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|46.5 billion}} (2024)}} | equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|16.4 billion}} (2024)}} | num_employees = 65,680 (2024) | foundation = {{start date and age|1961|8|18}} (as Extendicare Inc.)<br />[[Louisville, Kentucky]], U.S. | hq_location = [[Louisville, Kentucky]], U.S. | website = {{URL|humana.com}} | footnotes = <ref name="10-K">{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049071/000004907125000007/hum-20241231.htm |title=Humana Inc. 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=February 20, 2025 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=February 28, 2025 }}</ref> }} '''Humana Inc.''' is an American [[for-profit]] [[health insurance]] company based in [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]. In 2024, the company ranked 92 on the [[Fortune 500]] list,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strategy of Humana |url=https://umbrex.com/resources/strategy-of-the-fortune-500/strategy-of-humana/ |access-date=March 24, 2025 |website=Umbrex |language=en }}</ref> which made it the highest ranked (by revenues) company based in [[Kentucky]]{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}. It is the fourth largest health insurance provider in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Migneault |first=Jesse |date=April 13, 2017 |title=Top 5 Largest Health Insurance Payers in the United States |url=https://healthpayerintelligence.com/news/top-5-largest-health-insurance-payers-in-the-united-states#:~:text=These%20top%20five%20health%20insurance%20payers%20hold%20the,3.%20Aetna%204%204.%20Humana%205%205.%20Cigna |access-date=May 28, 2023 |website=Health Payer Intelligence |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528155449/https://healthpayerintelligence.com/news/top-5-largest-health-insurance-payers-in-the-united-states#:~:text=These%20top%20five%20health%20insurance%20payers%20hold%20the,3.%20Aetna%204%204.%20Humana%205%205.%20Cigna |url-status=live }}</ref> ==History== ===1961–1983: Nursing homes and hospitals=== Lawyers David A. Jones Sr. and [[Wendell Cherry]] founded a [[nursing home]] company in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Larson|first=Chris|date=February 20, 2020|title=Major Humana investor sheds half of its holdings in the company|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2020/02/20/major-humana-investor-sheds-half-of-its-holdings.html|website=Louisville Business First|access-date=April 26, 2024|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213085510/https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2020/02/20/major-humana-investor-sheds-half-of-its-holdings.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The company, known in 1968 as Extendicare Inc., became the largest nursing home company in the United States. In 1972, Jones and Cherry sold the nursing home chain to purchase [[hospitals]].<ref name=biz>{{cite web|author1=Steve Ivey and Ed Green|title=Humana's history has been one of recognizing opportunities|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/print-edition/2011/11/11/humanas-history-has-been-one-of.html?page=all|publisher=American City Business Journals|access-date=March 23, 2015|date=November 11, 2011|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402205754/http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/print-edition/2011/11/11/humanas-history-has-been-one-of.html?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1974, the partners changed the corporate name to Humana Inc.<ref name=biz/> 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhd0aQe0YH0C&q=humana|title=Kiss & Sell: Writing for Advertising: (Redesigned & Rekissed)|first=Robert|last=Sawyer|date=August 16, 2006|publisher=AVA Publishing|via=Google Books|isbn=9782940373468|access-date=November 28, 2020|archive-date=April 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426162015/https://books.google.com/books?id=nhd0aQe0YH0C&q=humana#v=snippet&q=humana&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> It grew in the following years, both by business and in 1978 through the takeover of American Medicorp Inc.,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/22/archives/twa-plans-offer-for-medicorp-shares-medicorp-takeover-planned-by.html|title=T. W. A. Plans Offer For Medicorp Shares|last=Cole|first=Robert J.|date=December 22, 1977|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011203/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/22/archives/twa-plans-offer-for-medicorp-shares-medicorp-takeover-planned-by.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which doubled the company's size, and grew into the world's largest hospital company in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/humana-profits-over-peopl_b_327311.html|title=Humana: Profits Over People|first1=Peter|last1=Dreier|date=March 18, 2010|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202023146/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/humana-profits-over-peopl_b_327311.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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|date=April 2008}} ===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."<ref name=biz/> In 1993, Humana had become the largest hospital operator in the country, owning 77 hospitals.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Humana executives spun off hospital operations from health insurance operations to create Galen Health Care. The following year they sold the 73 hospitals of Galen Health Care Inc. to Nashville-based Columbia [[Hospital Corporation of America]] for $3.4 billion.<ref name=biz/> In 1998, one year after Jones had stepped aside as CEO, [[United Healthcare]] made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire Humana.<ref name=biz/> Humana pulled out of the acquisition after United stock dropped $2.9 billion in value.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB902713934522640500|title=Humana Walks Away From Merger After United HealthCare Stock Falls|last=Burton|first=Thomas M.|date=August 10, 1998|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|issn=0099-9660|access-date=January 23, 2017|archive-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625084224/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB902713934522640500|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, Humana was a cofounder of Avality.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mathis|first=Karen Brune|url=https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=531565|title=Availity: from scratch to 300 employees and 700 million transactions|work=[[Financial News & Daily Record]]|date=July 30, 2010|access-date=August 17, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155908/https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=531565|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Humana entered into a [[business partnership]] with [[Virgin Group]], offering financial incentives to members for healthy behavior, such as regular exercise.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Ed|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2006/03/20/daily28.html|title=Humana, Virgin launch health rewards program in Louisville|work=[[Louisville Business First|Business First]]|date=March 23, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021125/http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2006/03/20/daily28.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.humana.com/press-release/current-releases/cdc-and-humana-partner-create-next-generation-public-health|title=CDC and Humana Partner to Create Next Generation of Public Health; Alliance to Leverage Private-Sector Resources to Address Chronic Diseases|publisher=Humana|date=November 16, 2006|access-date=October 21, 2013|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701113133/http://press.humana.com/press-release/current-releases/cdc-and-humana-partner-create-next-generation-public-health|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, Humana bought Texas-based [[Concentra]] Inc., which owns urgent-care and physical therapy centers, for $790 million, effectively returning to healthcare services.<ref name=biz/> In May 2011, Humana announced it would be using [[mobileStorm]] to transmit protected health information to patients.<ref>[http://www.smartphonehc.com/2011/05/27/mobilestorm-launches-first-hipaa-compliant-cloud-based-mhealth-communication-platform-announces-humana-as-a-beta-client/ mobileStorm Launches First HIPAA-Compliant, Cloud-based mHealth Communication Platform; Announces Humana as a Beta Client] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629060551/http://www.smartphonehc.com/2011/05/27/mobilestorm-launches-first-hipaa-compliant-cloud-based-mhealth-communication-platform-announces-humana-as-a-beta-client/ |date=June 29, 2017 }}. Smart Phone Health Care. May 27, 2011.</ref> In March 2015, Humana announced the sale of Concentra to private equity firm [[Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe]] and [[Select Medical Holdings Corporation]] for about $1 billion, with proceeds to fund a "$2 billion share buyback program and other corporate spending."<ref name=reu>{{cite news|title=Humana to sell Concentra medical center unit for $1 billion|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-humana-welshcarson-m-a-idUSKBN0MJ1GF20150323|access-date=March 23, 2015|work=Reuters|date=March 23, 2015|archive-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223045420/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-humana-welshcarson-m-a-idUSKBN0MJ1GF20150323|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2015, [[Aetna]] announced that it would acquire Humana for $37 billion in cash and stock (approximately $230 a share at that time). Aetna and Humana shareholders would own 74% and 26% of the new combined company, however the merger was blocked by a federal judge in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150702005935/en/Aetna-Acquire-Humana-37-Billion-Combined-Entity#.VZZFMuMayc3|title=Aetna Acquiring Humana for $37 Billion|publisher=BusinessWire|date=July 3, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2024|archive-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217115753/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150702005935/en/Aetna-Acquire-Humana-37-Billion-Combined-Entity#.VZZFMuMayc3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cancryn|first=Adam|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/judge-block-aetna-humana-merger-234043|title=Judge blocks major health insurance merger|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2017|archive-date=January 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125173955/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/judge-block-aetna-humana-merger-234043|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2017, [[Aetna Inc.]] and Humana Inc. quashed a $34 billion merger agreement after judges ruled against the merger for a second time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cigna-calls-off-merger-with-anthem-1487104016|title=Antitrust Rulings Put Chill on Health-Insurance Mergers|last1=Wilde Mathews|first1=Anna|last2=Kendall|first2=Brent|date=February 15, 2017|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=March 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313052135/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cigna-calls-off-merger-with-anthem-1487104016|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2018, Humana joined two [[private equity firm]]s 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/04/05/kindred-shareholders-approve-humana-deal/#70cd41d478fa|title=Kindred Shareholders Approve Humana Deal|last=Japsen|first=Bruce|date=April 5, 2018|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=September 28, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410211105/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/04/05/kindred-shareholders-approve-humana-deal/#70cd41d478fa|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2018/09/20/humana-cfo-what-were-trying-to-do-with-health-care.html|title=Humana CFO: 'What we're trying to do with health care is fundamental transformation'|last=Larson|first=Chris|date=September 20, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Business First|access-date=September 28, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815040226/https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2018/09/20/humana-cfo-what-were-trying-to-do-with-health-care.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, Humana announced the creation of a digital health and analytics division called Humana Studio H.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greer|first=Carolyn|date=August 27, 2018|title=Humana plans new analytics division – here's where it's going|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2018/08/27/humana-plans-new-analytics-division-heres-where.html|website=Louisville Business First|access-date=April 26, 2024|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213090129/https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2018/08/27/humana-plans-new-analytics-division-heres-where.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2019, the company announced it would acquire Enclara Healthcare from Consonance Capital Partners and Enclara management.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Humana to Acquire Enclara Healthcare|url=https://www.biospace.com/article/humana-to-acquire-enclara-healthcare/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=BioSpace|language=en-US|archive-date=July 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701171140/https://www.biospace.com/article/humana-to-acquire-enclara-healthcare/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maidenberg|first=Micah|date=April 27, 2021|title=Humana Buying Out Partners in Home-Health Business|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/humana-buying-out-partners-in-home-health-business-11619562869|access-date=June 30, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630000553/https://www.wsj.com/articles/humana-buying-out-partners-in-home-health-business-11619562869|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Humana Announces Plan for CFO Transition|url=https://press.humana.com/news/news-details/2021/Humana-Announces-Plan-for-CFO-Transition/default.aspx|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=press.humana.com|language=en-US|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181720/https://press.humana.com/news/news-details/2021/Humana-Announces-Plan-for-CFO-Transition/default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sebastian|first=Kristin Broughton and Dave|date=June 28, 2021|title=Health Insurer Humana Makes Its Interim CFO Permanent|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-insurer-humana-makes-its-interim-cfo-permanent-11624905340|access-date=June 30, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629181903/https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-insurer-humana-makes-its-interim-cfo-permanent-11624905340|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Humana to sell majority stake in hospice business to CD&R for $2.8 billion |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/humana-sell-majority-stake-hospice-business-cdr-28-billion-2022-04-21/ |access-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430120750/https://www.reuters.com/business/humana-sell-majority-stake-hospice-business-cdr-28-billion-2022-04-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2023, Humana announced they were exiting the employer-based commercial group insurance market. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Humana to Exit Employer Group Commercial Medical Products Business |url=https://press.humana.com/news/news-details/2023/Humana-to-Exit-Employer-Group-Commercial-Medical-Products-Business/default.aspx |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=press.humana.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824221127/https://press.humana.com/news/news-details/2023/Humana-to-Exit-Employer-Group-Commercial-Medical-Products-Business/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Corporate affairs== ===Sponsorship=== Humana is the presenting sponsor of the ''[[Grand Ole Opry]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opry.com/about/Sponsors.html|title=About the Opry|publisher=[[Grand Ole Opry]]|access-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616211730/http://www.opry.com/about/Sponsors.html|archive-date=June 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[National Senior Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Senior Games Association |url=https://nsga.com/ |website=nsga.com |access-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324172320/https://nsga.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1979, Humana has been a principal sponsor of the annual [[Humana Festival of New American Plays]] in Louisville, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanafoundation.org/actors_theatre.asp|title=Humana Festival of New American Plays|publisher=Humana Foundation|access-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002549/http://www.humanafoundation.org/actors_theatre.asp|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[LPGA]] player [[Nancy Scranton]] was a spokesperson for Humana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://press.humana.com/press-release/current-releases/lpgas-nancy-scranton-becomes-humana-ambassador |title=LPGA's Nancy Scranton Becomes Humana Ambassador; Veteran Golfer Will Offer Golfing and Lifestyle Tips Targeted to Humana's Female Audience |access-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701123256/http://press.humana.com/press-release/current-releases/lpgas-nancy-scranton-becomes-humana-ambassador |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the past, PGA Tour player [[David Toms]]' David Toms Foundation has partnered with the Humana Foundation to provide grants to several children's charities in New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/david-toms-humana-foundations-partner-to-assist-new-orleans-charities|title=David Toms, Humana Foundations Partner to Assist New Orleans Charities|newspaper=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|language=en|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032836/http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/david-toms-humana-foundations-partner-to-assist-new-orleans-charities|url-status=live}}</ref> Humana is the official health benefits provider of the [[PGA Tour]] and [[Champions Tour]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} The [[Humana Distaff Handicap]] is a [[Group races|Grade 1]] race for [[thoroughbred]] [[fillies]] and [[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|date=April 2008}} ===Humana Military Healthcare Services=== In 1993, Humana founded Humana Military Healthcare Services (HMHS) as a wholly owned subsidiary.<ref name=biz/> They were awarded their first [[TRICARE]] contract in 1995, and began serving military beneficiaries in 1996.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SGyElmFkDc4C&q=HMHS+was+the+managed+care+contractor+for+the+Department+of+Defense+Military+Health+System+TRICARE+South+Region&pg=PA83|title=Project Healthcare Effectiveness Through Resource Optimization: Hearing|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=9781422323243|pages=83|access-date=November 28, 2020|archive-date=April 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426161916/https://books.google.com/books?id=SGyElmFkDc4C&q=HMHS+was+the+managed+care+contractor+for+the+Department+of+Defense+Military+Health+System+TRICARE+South+Region&pg=PA83#v=snippet&q=HMHS%20was%20the%20managed%20care%20contractor%20for%20the%20Department%20of%20Defense%20Military%20Health%20System%20TRICARE%20South%20Region&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2004 to 2009, HMHS was the managed care contractor for the Department of Defense [[Military Health System]] [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. TRICARE Contract Protest By Humana Upheld|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-tricare-contract-protest-by-humana-upheld/|access-date=May 11, 2020|website=CBS News|date=November 29, 2009 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref name="biz" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for December 22, 2022 |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3254039/https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3254039// |access-date=December 29, 2022 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ==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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.centerforbiosimilars.com/view/humana-alleges-price-fixing-in-lawsuit-against-generic-drug-makers|title= Humana Alleges Price Fixing in Lawsuit Against Generic Drug Makers|date= October 21, 2019|access-date= April 26, 2024|archive-date= November 29, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231129030221/https://www.centerforbiosimilars.com/view/humana-alleges-price-fixing-in-lawsuit-against-generic-drug-makers|url-status= live}}</ref> ==Controversy== In 1987, Humana sued [[NBC]] over a story line in the television [[medical drama]] ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' in which the hospital was to be sold to a [[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.<ref name="Potts-1987">{{Cite news |last=Potts |first=Mark |date=October 1, 1987 |title=HUMANA SUES NBC OVER NAME |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1987/10/01/humana-sues-nbc-over-name/2f5f2235-e25c-46a8-8528-c7b759547d46/ |access-date=October 5, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Humana failed to block the airing of the show,<ref name="Potts-1987" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3847944.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516172845/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3847944.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 16, 2011 |title=Humana lawsuit over 'St. Elsewhere' prompts TV disclaimer by NBC |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=October 1, 1987| access-date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> On May 30, 1996, [[Linda Peeno]], a physician who was contracted to work for Humana for nine months, testified before [[United States Congress|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://harp.org/peeno.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601094042/http://www.nomanagedcare.org/DrPeenotestimony.html |archive-date=June 1, 2008 |title=Testimony of Linda Peeno, MD about Managed Care in the Healthcare Industry – May 30, 1996 |publisher=harp.org|access-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> In 1999, season one of Michael Moore's TV series ''[[The Awful Truth (TV series)|The Awful Truth]]'' reported on Humana refusing to pay for a diabetic patient with [[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.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Chris Kaltenbach|title=Moore to tell 'Awful Truth'|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/04/07/moore-to-tell-awful-truth-tv-the-documentary-filmmaker-michael-moore-will-do-what-he-does-best-on-his-new-show-on-bravo-expose-hypocrisy-and-press-those-in-power-to-do-the-right-thing-radio-and-televi/|access-date=March 23, 2015|work=Baltimore Sun|date=April 7, 1999|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123220/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-04-07/features/9904070248_1_michael-moore-awful-truth-bravo|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael Moore]]'s 2007 documentary ''[[Sicko]]'' used the video of Linda Peeno's testimony.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rovner |first=Julie |date=September 3, 2007 |title='Sicko's' Peeno Sees Few Gains in Health Insurance |url=https://www.npr.org/2007/09/03/13979799/sickos-peeno-sees-few-gains-in-health-insurance |access-date=October 5, 2023 |website=NPR |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225004055/https://www.npr.org/2007/09/03/13979799/sickos-peeno-sees-few-gains-in-health-insurance |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Humana issues statement on Moore's 'Sicko' |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2007/06/25/daily35.html |publisher=Business First |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=July 7, 2007 |archive-date=July 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705021201/http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2007/06/25/daily35.html? |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 21, 2009, the [[U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services]] opened an investigation into Humana for sending flyers to [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] recipients that the [[AARP]] characterized as deceptive.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164893.php |title=Medicare Probes Humana's Letter To Patients About Effects Of Health Reform |work=[[Medical News Today]] |date=September 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927083029/http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164893.php |archive-date=September 27, 2009 |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> The mail was made to appear to contain official information about [[Medicare Advantage]] and prescription drug benefit information, but instead alleged that core Medicare benefits could be cut by the [[Obama administration]]'s healthcare reform,<ref name=Teo>{{cite news |first=Dawn |last=Teo |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/humana-mailer-targets-eld_b_289421.html |title=Humana Mailer Targets Elderly, Claims Medicare Benefits To Be Cut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107195706/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/humana-mailer-targets-eld_b_289421.html |archive-date=January 7, 2016 |work=[[Huffington Post]] |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> a claim refuted by John Rother, [[AARP]]'s executive vice president.<ref>{{cite web|last=King|first=Neil|date=August 25, 2009|title=GOP Tees Up Medicare Manifesto|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125112553661853921|access-date=October 22, 2010|publisher=WSJ|archive-date=April 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405121614/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125112553661853921|url-status=live}}</ref> Douglas Elmendorf, the head of the [[Congressional Budget Office]] (CBO), supported the claim that Medicare benefits could be cut,<ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/politics/democrats-try-to-move-on-health-bill-gop-objects/ Budget chief says Medicare benefits could be cut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018122026/https://www.seattletimes.com/politics/democrats-try-to-move-on-health-bill-gop-objects/ |date=October 18, 2023 }} Erica Werner, Associated Press. September 23, 2009</ref> but his comments were in reference to just one of several congressional bills. CBO estimates of another healthcare reform bill found that changes to premiums would vary.<ref>[http://www.cbo.gov/publication/24959 The Effect of H.R. 3200 on Medicare Part D Premiums] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018122025/https://www.cbo.gov/publication/24959 |date=October 18, 2023 }} Congressional Budget Office, Director's Blog. August 28, 2009</ref> The [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] instructed Humana to cease all such mailings to Medicare plan members pending an investigation.<ref name=Teo/> 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|date=March 2015}} ==See also== * [[Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government]] * [[List of major employers in Louisville, Kentucky]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.humana.com/}} {{Finance links | name = Humana | symbol = HUM | sec_cik = 49071 | yahoo = HUM | google = HUM }} {{Major insurance companies}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Humana| ]] [[Category:Financial services companies established in 1961]] [[Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange]] [[Category:American companies established in 1961]] [[Category:Health care companies established in 1961]] [[Category:Companies based in Louisville, Kentucky]] [[Category:Hospital networks in the United States]] [[Category:Pharmacy benefit management companies based in the United States]] [[Category:1961 establishments in Kentucky]] [[Category:Health care companies based in Kentucky]] [[Category:Health insurance companies of the United States]]
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