HUMANA ANNOUNCED it will nearly double the size of its Medicare geographic reach through its Medicare Health Plan product offerings filed with The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The company will boost its Medicare operations from 25 states to 46 in 2006. It intends to offer both the standalone Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare Advantage Health Plan with Prescription Drug Coverage, in addition to its Medicare product offerings.
Contracts were awarded to qualified health insurers in September 2005, with open enrollment beginning in November 2005, for the Jan. 1, effective date.
Humana offers Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO health plans in nearly 40 markets nationwide, as well as private fee-for-service plans in 11 states, with plans for expansion in the coming months.
