Humana Sees Growth In Home Health Value-Based Care Models

Humana (NYSE: HUM) is striving to close gaps in care for its members, utilizing home visits as a cornerstone of its strategy. The company is seeing success with its members by leveraging home-based care services, while awaiting a ruling on its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers […]

CVS Health CMO To Take On Health Care Delivery Role; Providence Names New COO 

CVS Health names Dr. Sreekanth Chaguturu president of health care delivery CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has appointed Dr. Sreekanth Chaguturu the president of health care delivery. Chaguturu will serve in this position, in addition to his current roles as executive vice president and chief medical officer at the company. Chaguturu succeeds Mike Pykosz, who has […]

More Home Health Providers Sunset Relationships With Largest Medicare Advantage Payers

Essentia Health – a regional, nonprofit health system with a substantial home health arm – announced this week that it will no longer serve as an in-network provider for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. It is the latest example of home-focused health care providers drawing a line […]

Medicare Advantage Plans Are Contracting Heading Into 2025

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will be exiting 13 Medicare Advantage (MA) markets in 2025, company leaders said during the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference. The company had already announced that it was planning to leave markets next year, but offered up more specifics last week. Humana CFO Susan Diamond said the company’s exit from those 13 […]

A ‘Predictor Of Poor Outcomes’: Recognizing Homebound Seniors In Medicare Advantage

When examining a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan population, researchers found that there’s a substantial prevalence of homebound individuals. As part of the study, Dr. Bruce Leff and his study co-authors examined the prevalence, characteristics, predictors, health service use, and mortality outcomes of 2,435,519 homebound Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) MA beneficiaries in 2022. “We thought it […]

Despite Strong Medicare Advantage Headwinds, Humana Remains Bullish On Growth Opportunities

Both home health care and Medicare Advantage (MA) are currently in rough rate environments. But Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) leaders believe in the company’s ability to continue growing MA membership with solid margins, partly by leaning into CenterWell Home Health and its other provider assets. Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]

How Amedisys, CenterWell Home Health Are Retaining Workers In 2024

Every home-based care provider wants to recruit and retain better this year than they did last year. But that’s easier said than done. Companies are constantly tinkering with their approaches to attract and retain skilled professionals, and are doing so in 2024 yet again. Between new recruiting processes, career advancement opportunities and more technology, there’s […]