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It closed clinics and purchased several HMOs. That same year, Medicare ceased its practice of prepayment and started requiring bills before all reimbursements. This meant a significant slowing of cash flow for Humana. It was followed by further government cost-reimbursement strictures that directly affected Humana. Public pressure to contain the cost of healthcare was growing. By , Humana had greatly reduced losses caused by its insurance operations and seemed intent on recovery.
Raising premiums up to 25 percent, reducing its markets from 50 to 17, operating only where it had a strong hospital presence, and ensuring that patients were sent to its hospitals, Humana began to rebound by the end of the s. Humana, continuing to move counter to the industry while competitors increased their debt loads through leveraged buyouts, saw its debt to capital ratio reach an all-time low of 37 percent in At the time of the agreement, Michael Reese was one of the largest private academic medical centers in the United States.
Michael Reese Health Plan had , members; Humana had five times as many members. In cofounder Cherry died. Although dogged by a series of charges--overcharging patients for services, using misleading sales tactics, seeking improper Medicare expense reimbursements--that brought ongoing negative publicity, the company's health plan division was much healthier than the hospital side.
With its hospitals continuing to post declining profits because of industry-wide cost-containment efforts and falling admissions of full-paying patients those not covered through government-sponsored plans , Humana decided in to stake its future on managed healthcare plans.
In March of that year, the company spun off the hospital division--including 76 Humana hospitals most of the company's total --into a new and separate company called Galen Health Care, Inc. Within six months of the spinoff, Galen merged with Columbia Hospital Corp. The company thus went on a spending spree. Thus by the end of Humana had boosted its overall plan membership to 3.
By mid, however, it appeared that Humana had grown too fast. Amid skyrocketing costs, Humana was forced to abandon 13 unprofitable markets. The largest of these was Washington, D. Also sold was Humana's 30,member health plan in Alabama. Smith and CFO W. Roger Drury. Gregory H. Wolf set about resurrecting Humana's image by improving relations with both doctors and patients.
He abandoned the use of gag clauses in HMO contracts with doctors, clauses that forbade doctors from discussing the financial arrangements or patient-care policies of the HMO. On the patient side, Humana targeted improvements in basic customer service--answering phone calls faster, mailing out identification cards more quickly, and expediting claims handling.
Humana made two significant acquisitions in late PCA had a total of 1. Humana also gained large plans in Texas and Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Humana continued to restructure its operations by shedding additional noncore operations. During the company sold its last remaining hospital and its pharmacy benefits management subsidiary.
As the American health care system changed in the s, Humana began marketing health insurance products. United Healthcare attempted to acquire Humana in In , Humana partnered with Navigy, Inc.
In , Humana entered into a business partnership with Virgin Group, offering financial incentives to members for healthy behavior, such as regular exercise. Humana also launched RightSource, a national mail-order retail pharmacy business in In May , Humana announced that they would be using mobileStorm to allow transmission of protected health information to patients.
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