Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is seeing Medicare Advantage (MA) growth like never before, a point that contributed to its strong second quarter performance. The home-focused health insurance giant only expects membership to continue to boom in the months to come, executives predicted on a Q2 earnings call Wednesday. In Q2, Humana’s group MA membership was […]
Kindred at Home
Humana (NYSE: HUM) is leaning even further into the home and its focus on social determinants of health, according to CEO Bruce Broussard. He hinted that the Louisville-based insurer could be placing even more importance on home- and community-based care in the years to come. “[With home-based care,] you have this holistic view of the […]
Humana Appoints Segment President Louisville, Kentucky-based Insurance giant Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has named the next leader of its ever-evolving home business segment. Susan Diamond will serve as segment president of Humana’s home business segment moving forward, according to the company. The segment was previously led by William Fleming, who will continue to lead Humana’s […]
Senior living providers should embrace home health partnerships as a way to care for complex patients. Those who don’t may not only be hurting patients, but also employee retention and morale. That’s according to Carrie Coumbs, vice president of national care collaboration for Kindred at Home. “If you utilize your home health benefit proactively in […]
Top executives from Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) on Wednesday got candid about their home health operations and the expected impact of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). In addition to its long-standing Humana At Home business, the Louisville, Kentucky-based insurance company owns a 40% stake in Kindred at Home, one of the largest home health providers […]
An initiative by Humana (NYSE: HUM) that addresses social determinants of health posted positive results in five of seven target communities in 2018. On average, Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) members in participating communities saw a 2.7% reduction in “unhealthy days” experienced in 2018, according to the insurer’s 2019 Bold Goal progress report. Unhealthy days are […]
As the health care industry continues to move toward value-based payment, at-home care providers have more opportunity to shine than ever before — with players across the continuum taking notice. Leveraging unique data and capitalizing on differentiators are key to catching the attention of potential partners, experts say. In 2018, mergers and acquisitions within the […]
Lawmakers are pushing yet another piece of new legislation that would make it easier for patients to gain access to home health care, specifically by widening the scope of who can certify the need for home health services under Medicare rules. A bipartisan group of representatives introduced the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of […]
Humana (NYSE: HUM) is leaning further into home health care as a key area of focus, going as far as to label it “the new frontier in value-based medicine” during an investor day presentation Tuesday. “Our journey into the home is in full gear,” William Fleming, segment president of health care services at Humana, told […]
BrightSpring adds new clinical, compliance execs BrightSpring Health Services, one of the country’s largest home and community-based health services providers for high-need populations, has hired a new chief clinical officer and a new chief compliance officer. Susan Sender will take the reigns as the company’s chief clinical officer, while Rachael Kurzer Givens has been named […]
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