Humana in the headlines: 10 updates

From funding three new faculty positions at Thomas Jefferson University, to the departure of its group and military president to Zelis, here are 10 updates on Humana that Becker's has reported since March 23. 

1. Humana is investing another $40 million into affordable housing, bringing the payer's total spending on low-cost rental units to $90 million. 

2. Democrats on the House and Senate health committees wrote to the chief executives of large health insurers, including Humana, asking how they will handle preventive care after a judge struck down some requirements for payers to cover preventive services with no cost sharing. 

3. The Humana Foundation is investing $1 million to boost mental health resources in Louisville, Ky., following a shooting that killed five people at a bank in the city and another shooting outside a community college that killed one person. 

4. All insurers operating in Michigan's individual, small and large group commercial markets — including Humana — have pledged to continue covering preventive care while a court ruling striking down some no-cost preventive care requirements is appealed. 

5. Humana was one of six payers ranked among Newsweek's 300 greatest workplaces for LGBTQ workers in 2023. 

6. Humana was one of 15 payers ranked among Fortune's most innovative companies in 2023.  

7. Sue Schick, former president of group and military at Humana, was named president and chief revenue officer at healthcare finance company Zelis.

8. Humana is funding three new faculty positions at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia with a $12 million endowment. 

9. The Ohio attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers — including Humana Pharmacy Solutions — accusing them of sharing pricing and other information gathered by a Swiss subsidiary to gain leverage during negotiations with drugmakers for rebates.

10. Humana's highest-paid employee is president and CEO Bruce Broussard, who had a total compensation of $17.2 million in 2022. 

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