Humana Execs Call for New, Global Payment System to Unlock Home-Based Care

The COVID-19 virus should spur a new, global payment system that unlocks the capabilities of home-based care for a wider range of patients, Humana (NYSE: HUM) executives argued in a new op-ed published Thursday.

That payment system would encourage a greater use of home-based care services, allow more patients to be eligible for them and increase innovation in the space, Humana CMO Dr. William Shrank and Susan Diamond, Humana’s home business president, stated in the op-ed, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana — one of the largest Medicare Advantage (MA) players in the U.S. — operates Humana At Home and Kindred at Home.