Fierce Healthcare January 10, 2022
Humana executives sought to ease investor concerns about a filing last week that significantly slashed its membership growth outlook in Medicare Advantage.
CEO Bruce Broussard said during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday afternoon that the company is working to develop new strategies to retain members in the long term but that Humana remains confident in its ability to drive long-term earnings growth despite the disappointing numbers coming out of Medicare open enrollment.
The company, he said, is also continuing to focus on areas like its clinical services to drive growth amid the membership declines.
“We continue to see that it’s serving us well,” Broussard said.
The insurer issued a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday...