Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) CEO Bruce Broussard will step down in late 2024, with incoming COO and President Jim Rechtin on deck to succeed him. Rechtin comes to Humana from Envision Healthcare where he is now president and CEO. He transitions to the COO role for the insurance behemoth as of Jan. 8, 2024 and […]
CenterWell
Reduced care costs and improved health outcomes are the two key growth levers in a frothy reimbursement and revenue climate for Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) health care business, CenterWell. A focus on reducing total cost of care while improving health outcomes is a common thread among payers and providers alike in both spaces, Humana CFO Susan […]
Following its hospice divestiture, Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) health care services business, CenterWell, is poised for growth, with demand for acute senior home care as a driver. Humana anticipates expansion across each of CenterWell’s business lines, which encompasses the insurance mammoth’s home health, primary care, pharmacy and specialty pharmacy services. The segment also includes a joint […]
Humana, Inc., (NYSE: HUM) has tapped Dr. Sanjay Shetty to become president of its health care services business, CenterWell. Shetty’s appointment continues a reorganization that the insurance giant undertook last year that arranged its business into two segments, insurance and CenterWell. The latter contains the former home health assets of Kindred at Home, of which […]
The pendulum of investor interest has swung hard into the hospice market in recent years, but shifts in reimbursement could steer buyers towards home health. Uncertainty earlier this year around Medicare’s proposed 2023 home health payment rates led some stakeholders to expect a swerve towards hospice. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) expects revenue to fall by $400 million immediately following its divestiture of the Kindred at Home hospice segment, but anticipates this to be offset by lower operating costs and, in time, the proceeds of the sale. The company signed a definitive agreement in April to sell a 60% stake in Kindred […]
Humana (NYSE: HUM) is currently migrating Kindred at Home’s home health services into its health care service brand, CenterWell. The company will be focused on expanding the acquired asset’s footprint in select markets in North Carolina and Virginia in 2022 as it paves the way for a hospice spin off. Humana in April completed the […]
Following the close of the Kindred at Home acquisition in the third quarter, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) plans to spin off and sell the company’s hospice business to capitalize on high market valuations. The company also expects to see substantial cost savings through reduced hospitalizations and skilled nursing admissions as more care moves into the […]
Insurance giant Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has penned a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 60% stake in Kindred at Home for $8.1 billion. Humana, which currently holds 40% ownership of the business, is purchasing the additional stake from the private equity firms TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. The $8.1 billion price […]