Hospice News February 10, 2021
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is diving into the value-based insurance design demonstration — or Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — beginning in five markets: Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, the Louisville, Ky., metro area (including southern Indiana), and the Richmond-Tidewater region of Virginia.
Among the nine insurance companies that will participate in the Medicare Advantage carve-in during the program’s first year, Humana operates the most plans that will offer hospice.
“The markets we selected represent a good cross-section of our membership. Because our overarching goal is to ensure coordination and seamlessness for our members, we want to move carefully and limit the scope in year one,” Susan Diamond, segment president of Humana’s Home Business, told Hospice News.
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