Your line is open. Humana today adjusted its GAAP and Adjusted EPS guidance ranges for the year ended December 31, 2020 (FY20). But it's a fair question and understand where we're going. We've talked about how that product has become much more of a commodity product that at these levels of premium, it's hard to make money on the insurance side and so we're doing nicely on the pharmacy side. And then the second thing that we've also done is, we continue to pay equal to our members, I mean our providers a visit versus a telehealth visit and both of those have been, I think, reducing the barriers and really creating, as you said, some incentives to use telehealth. The Sustainability Yearbook 2021 considered over 7000 companies assessed in the 2020 Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). Since that time, the magnitude of the COVID related impacts have increased significantly. This is similar to what we experienced in 2020 and is consistent with the expectation that the pandemic will begin to subside as more people get vaccinated through the first and second quarters. Wanted to ask about telehealth. Visit a quote page and your recently viewed tickers will be displayed here. Flats to rent in Edinburgh. There are currently no items in this Watchlist. Did that give you any flexibility within this guidance range because you pulled forward investments in 2020 that would have otherwise happened in '21? Josh Raskin -- Nephron Healthcare Investment Research -- Analyst. The commercial business is not as clear. These members may not be unique to each program since … So far, Aetna and Cigna are pledging to waive COVID-19 treatment costs through qualified medical bills that are incurred until June 1, 2020. How are you looking at it as a facilitator to whether it's the primary care effort that you're putting for home health and extension there? 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And I would say that we would continue to carry that forward in the first part of this year and continuing throughout the year because I would -- we did readdress where we're at and begin to really become aggressive and to all availability. These are just two examples of how emerging experience in 2020 creates more uncertainty in our MRA revenue projections for 2021, because we were not able to place the same level of reliance on historical trends as compared to a normal year. Your line is open. I think the distinction is also is, if it's in the office that we're -- we can follow up. And so again, I'd say, right in line with our expectations. I think later on, Bruce, you talked about number one issue is trying to get people back into the healthcare system itself. As discussed previously, our starting point is $18.50, which represents the midpoint of our initial adjusted EPS guide for 2020 and effectively neutralizes for any COVID impacts throughout 2020. In addition, as is customary, marketing cost associated with the Medicare Advantage annual election period along with COVID related investments were heavily weighted to the fourth quarter in our Retail segment, as reflected in our operating cost ratio. [Operator Instructions] With that, I would now like to hand the conference over to Amy Smith, Vice President of Investor Relations. Our fourth quarter results were impacted by the continued waiver of Medicare Advantage cost sharing, including for primary care and COVID-19 treatment. As of 2020 Humana had over 20 million members in the U.S., reported a 2019 revenue of US$56.9 billion, and had 46,000 employees. ET on InvestorPlace.com Humana (HUM) to Offer MA Plans in Massachusetts for First Time Nov. 13, 2020 at 11:15 a.m. We have our next question comes from the line of Robert Jones from Goldman Sachs. But certainly our goal is to hit that 11% to 15% and we always have to take the facts and circumstances at the time when we price. I don't know if we're deferred. All quotes are in local exchange time. I just want to maybe just go back big picture, just for a second. Sir, please go ahead. We continue to focus on how we can expand our presence with underserved populations, an effort to drive improved clinical outcomes and reduce health disparities. Kevin, just to -- yeah, just to add a little bit on the HIF side, our historical practice has been passing the pre-tax onto the -- to our members, both the cost and the benefit as and when those come and gone during the year. Power tracks Leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced today that it is ranked #1 in Florida and Texas in the 2020 J.D. I think it's important when you look at the overall retail margin is to remember that there are multiple businesses inside the Retail segment. Thanks. Well, good morning, Kevin. So that is possible and regulatorily came into place the latter part of last year. So remember, it's not just the members that we've had, but it's also the new members that we got, particularly if they were in other Medicare plans. We now expect an MRA revenue headwind of approximately $700 million to $1 billion representing 1% to 1.5% of Medicare premium for the full year. We'd see and we've showed -- we've showed a slide for a number of years as physicians continue to evolve to a deeper value-based inflation [Phonetic] model we see superior performance and the star scores typically greater than 4 to 4.5; we see great MLR, significantly below what the averages in the industry; and we also see great net promoter score. Founded in 1993 by brothers Tom and David Gardner, The Motley Fool helps millions of people attain financial freedom through our website, podcasts, books, newspaper column, radio show, and premium investing services. But that deal fell apart and Aetna has since … So hopefully that [Speech Overlap]. Please go ahead. A.J., I would say on the first question, there is a lag really because as people are not sort of seeing their doctor and going to the hospital. For Medicare, CMS has indicated it will cover the full cost of the vaccine for all Medicare beneficiaries, including those in a Medicare Advantage plan, in 2020 and 2021. In our Pharmacy business, we process 478 million scripts and drove mail order penetration of over 37% in MAPD. Putting our members, patients and providers' holistic health at the forefront while continuing to advance our strategy. They're not able to schedule the surgeries, for example. I know a lot of that investment was just giving help to your constituents. Your benefit coverage for care provided by Mayo Clinic is determined solely by your insurance company and is based on the provisions of your specific medical benefit plan. We only are penetrating a smaller membership for documentation. We remain very focused on the consumer experience, broadly across all platforms and are proud to have driven an overall 670 basis points increase in our Net Promoter Score or NPS in 2020, with a meaningfully higher increase in our NPS for our Commercial Group business. Many of the nation's largest commercial insurers saw their profits fall in the fourth quarter of 2020 as expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic increased. But getting people into the healthcare system is our biggest, both opportunity and challenge. So we look at it first as really an accelerator for us in that. The proactiveness of them really helping the number in this time is so important for us and especially as you think about downstream cost and other conditions that could occur if not properly maintained and traded. So I think what we've done this year is pretty consistent from our historical treatment of the HIF. We have hundreds of actuaries, very smart people, working on our trend assumptions. We, of course, acknowledge that the ranges we are providing are wide and are a consequence of the continued heightened uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic. With that context, I will now discuss the material COVID related headwinds and tailwinds facing our Medicare business in 2021. For the best MarketWatch.com experience, please update to a modern browser. LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(Business Wire)--Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today reported consolidated pretax results and results per common share for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 … I'm happy to take that. Finally, any references to earnings per share or EPS made during this conference call refer to diluted earnings per common share. We ended the year with approximately 4.6 million total Medicare Advantage members, reflecting year-over-year growth of 11%, fueling consolidated revenue growth of 19% in 2020. We are able to offer states, individualized approach to care that considers the physical and mental well-being of beneficiaries as well as the critical social determinants that impact the population. The reduction in GHG emissions in 2020 due to COVID-19 is likely to be significantly larger than the We're a big believers in telehealth for -- all the way from the convenience of the member to really being able to have a channel that is actively engaging with a member at a time or especially the more vulnerable members that transportation is always a limiter for them. That will cause the increase in membership to continue, which again, I think would be relatively immaterial to the overall enterprise, but would cause us to have a higher membership at the end of the year and that of course excludes anything from South Carolina or Oklahoma which will kick in later this year and our guide excludes that. Please go ahead. We ran various utilization scenarios to see whether there would be any offsets and we put our assumption into our pricing. So there's a lot of geography going on there. Please save the date. Humana Inc. engages in the provision of health insurance services. Your line is open. Now, I would be disappointed if you didn't ask us about the margin question. Today, we reported adjusted earnings per share of $18.75 for 2020, consistent with our commentary throughout the year as expected, reflecting a loss in the fourth quarter, largely driven by our investments and programs to support members, patients, employers, providers and the communities we serve. NCQA Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2019-2020 - Summary Report (Private/Commercial) Search for a health insurance plan by state, plan name or plan type (private, Medicaid, Medicare). Dr. No, it's truly more on the member side, what we find -- first telehealth, whether you use the audio and video today can support documentation. It just takes time to get the gears cranking again. The Montpellier Commercial Court made a resolution in the matter on 23 December 2020, in which Savosolar is ordered to pay Sunti SAS a total of EUR 137,000 in damages. Hi, everybody. Separately, utilization for in-patient and non-in-patient continued to increase for COVID diagnosis throughout the year. Actual results could differ materially. Humana will expand Humana Care Support to Medicare Advantage members in other states in 2021. She was formerly at the innovation centers and venture arms of Humana, 4th largest health insurance company, and Providence St. Joseph Health, 3rd largest nonprofit hospital system, focused on series A & B digital health investments and pilots. Please go ahead. Privacy Notice, and Humana's pandemic response continues to evolve and we are actively engaged with Biden administration, including HHS and CMS, as well as state and local governments regarding our role on the vaccination process as both a primary care provider and as a health plan, representing a significant portion of the nation's most vulnerable population. Following these prepared remarks, we will open up the lines for a question-and-answer session with industry analysts. Importantly, as in prior years, our robust growth is balanced across multiple MA plan times, as a result of the strength of our clinical programs, provider partnerships and distribution channels as well as our broad offerings that allow for deeper personalization to meet the member's needs. Can I clarify real quickly, is that reimbursement at parity? So to answer your question, we don't see much in COVID bundling types of payment, but we do see very different proactive care models in our value-based payment relationships in this time especially with the more vulnerable populations. This press release features multimedia. With that said, there are a range of potential scenarios and we would expect any variance in our assumptions around COVID treatment costs to be more than offset by a change in non-COVID utilization. Sounded like that was off of a 2021 normalized baseline. Humana Inc. is a health and well-being company. The decision makes Humana the third major commercial payer to make the shift. We’re motley! Dr. Jin Lee is the Director of Digital Health Product/ Commercial Strategy at Astellas pharma. Also, as a reminder, we believe capacity constraints in the healthcare system will prevent non-COVID utilization from running materially above baseline and also limit the amount of time a modest increase above a normal baseline could continue. So it is a way to bring documentation back. P.O. Again, we'll have to decide when we get to the spring what's appropriate to reflect in our bids where we'll be very mindful of what we're seeing in terms of headwinds and tailwinds with respect to COVID in revenue and utilization like we were this year. I guess just tactically speaking, what things specifically are you thinking about doing differently in '21 as it relates to getting the appropriate risk coding, given that there is probably going to be a similar dynamic at least for part of the year that made it a challenge coming into this year. And as Brian also said is that we do see this will be years in the making to see the penetration to the average penetration of MA overall. The company now expects its FY20 GAAP EPS to be in the range of $24.70 to $24.95, compared to the previous range of $23.74 to $24.24, while Adjusted EPS is expected to be in a range of $18.50 to $18.75 versus the previous range of $18.25 to $18.75. Our next question comes from the line of Charles Rhyee from Cowen. Accordingly, within the mix of submissions from 2020 that drive our 2021 revenue, we also expect organic diagnosis code submissions tied to COVID claims for which we have limited visibility at this time. First off, the margin has been impacted by the HIF and the fact that it was not deductible. So you see a lot of start-up -- clinics from a start-up point of view being invested into build a capacity there. Today, we are providing adjusted EPS guidance for 2021 of $21.25 to $21.75, reflecting approximately 16% growth off of our $18.50 2020 baseline at the midpoint. We have incorporated the hedges impact in the segment waterfall bars. This call is being recorded for replay purposes. Can you confirm that's kind of where you expect individual Medicare Advantage margins to be in 2021? Please go ahead. We anticipated that there could be a revenue headwind. So we could see a significant increase in telehealth but that increase in telehealth will be over us -- a confined membership base as opposed to across our membership base and that really comes to one of the barriers we're working with in the communities we serve is, is that not everyone want to access -- either is less comfortable with telehealth as a result of some of the technology limitations there or just needs to be educated more, they might have the technology, but it might not be integrated. Before I open up the line for questions, I also wanted to announce that we plan to host an Investor Day on Tuesday, June 15th, 2021. Our Medicaid business also continues to perform very well and we are excited about the opportunities ahead for this growing business. And in particular, I was interested in what we are seeing as far as MLR differential and growth rate differential for members and the lines of business that are in value-based care partner or owned primary care assets? But it does not compare to the outcomes that we see in the clinic side. With respect to redeterminations you see that we've given a pretty wide guidance range on Medicaid membership. And so this is the sort of the full -- the full headwind that we currently face. Good morning. I think in the prepared comments, you spoke about how documentation with using telehealth create some uncertainty around coding. So, I know you guys have spoken in the past about new members in MA coming in at higher MLRs in that first year. These are not profitable members. So just on the rate side, we're waiting to see and our major states are Kentucky and Florida, I think we expect some rate adjustments and we're waiting to see and we certainly bake what our expectations might be into our -- sorting into our Medicaid budget. Humana Inc. is a for-profit American health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. With respect to our Group and Specialty segment, while we are facing some pressures on account of the pandemic, specifically as it relates to actions by our competitors to retain membership, the business continues to execute on its growth strategy and we are excited about the prospects for our major medical, specialty and military businesses. I think to broaden your question a little bit, what we do see is that when we do have value-based relationships. I guess when you guys submitted your bids back in June, obviously there has been some legislative changes, things like that that have happened. Thanks. When billing telehealth services, healthcare providers must bill the E&M code with place of service code 02 along with a GT or 95 modifier. Is that in your commercial book as well as Medicare? Our policy will be reviewed periodically for changes based on the ... 2020, Humana will no longer accept PAFs completed during a visit using real-time interactive audio-only technology, but will continue to accept visits conducted using a real-time interactive audio and video telecommunications system. So let me start with the utilization patterns and then try to address 2022 recognizing we just gave 2021 guidance. And so you will see sort of in the -- for us, the 2021 cohort as well as frankly some of our other cohorts where we weren't able to redocument their conditions, you will see a more of a -- sort of an increase in 2022 and that will be something that we plan for in our bids as we figure out what percent of normal do we expect to be for 2022 based on 2021 utilization. Just wanted to go back and understand the assumptions on the core again or the non-COVID utilization. Lexington, KY 40512-4165 . The investments, to your question there, we really, I would say, pulled all those out for 2021. Author is designed to meet the emerging expectations of digital savvy seniors aging into Medicare, leveraging health coaches, digital and artificial intelligence to create a simplified and integrated experience for consumers. Thanks, good morning. While the magnitude of these changes was unexpected, the decline in non-COVID utilization in the quarter relative to our prior expectations more than offset the increase in COVID treatment and testing costs.

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