20 Facts About Humana

Humana Inc is a for-profit American health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky.

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

Humana executives spun off hospital operations from health insurance operations to create Galen Health Care.

Humana pulled out of the acquisition after United stock dropped $2.

In 2005, Humana entered into a business partnership with Virgin Group, offering financial incentives to members for healthy behavior, such as regular exercise.

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

In 2006, Humana launched an education campaign to market Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans nationwide to Medicare-eligible consumers, following the passage of the Medicare modernization act.

In 2010, Humana bought Texas-based Concentra Inc, which owns urgent-care and physical therapy centers, for $790 million, effectively returning to healthcare services.

In May 2011, Humana announced it would be using mobileStorm to transmit protected health information to patients.

In February 2017, Aetna Inc and Humana Inc quashed a $34 billion merger agreement after judges ruled against the merger for a second time.

In July 2018, Humana joined two private equity firms in the acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.

Humana is the presenting sponsor of the Grand Ole Opry and the National Senior Games.

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

Humana is the official health benefits provider of the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.

Humana Distaff Handicap is a Grade 1 race for thoroughbred fillies and mares, four-years-old and up.

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

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.

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.

In 1999, season one of Michael Moore's TV series The Awful Truth reported on Humana refusing to pay for a diabetic patient with pancreatic failure needing a transplant.

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.