Humana and IntegraNet Physician Resource Launch Population Health Management Partnership in Dallas/Fort Worth

Improved health and more coordinated care for Medicare Advantage members in Dallas/Fort Worth is the goal behind a new population health management partnership between Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and IntegraNet Physician Resource, Inc., an independent physician association (IPA). IntegraNet is an organization that has experienced success in the Houston market in physician population health management and has now expanded into the Dallas/Fort Worth market.

The partnership offers Humana’s Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) membership access to improved population health services provided by a metropolitan-wide network of primary care physicians affiliated with IntegraNet in the Metroplex. Building on IntegraNet’s proven success, Humana members will have access to integrated care teams that offer a higher level of care coordination which has the goal of improving quality of care. These teams, led by physicians, depending on the practice, include an array of providers which may include, nurses, health coaches, medication management, behavioral health and social services resources.

Humana offers Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO plans, a prescription drug plan and Medicare supplement policies to Medicare beneficiaries in Dallas/Fort Worth.

“The partnership with Humana allows IntegraNet to provide clinically-relevant response and measured care to the specific health-related needs of the patient community in Dallas/Fort Worth,” said Lawrence J. Wedekind, President and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IntegraNet. “Seniors deserve care matched to their specific needs. IntegraNet’s strong emphasis on healthier patient populations through preventive care, coordinated care, and improved quality of care for patients helps do just that.”

“Partnerships like the one with IntegraNet not only make access to care easier for our members but also help achieve greater health outcomes and a better patient experience,” said Dan Tufto, Regional President of Senior Products for Humana in Texas. “We’re excited that Humana’s Medicare Advantage members will have access to IntegraNet’s unique care model providing innovative patient-centered care, disease management and preventive services.”

IntegraNet recently opened their first Physician Specialty Center concept in the Houston market, which will be expanded into other markets, including Dallas/Fort Worth. This is a unique Specialist and Diagnostic Center that is to be located in each submarket that IntegraNet serves and which will allow IntegraNet managed members to access all adult specialties in one convenient location near where they live.

Humana aims to work closely with doctors and hospitals through its Accountable Care Continuum. The continuum is a stepped approach to pay-for-value reimbursement that allows the company to implement different value-based partnerships with hospitals and doctors based on their infrastructure capabilities.

The new partnership between Humana and IntegraNet includes value-based incentives tied to performance improvement and will bring better patient care coordination, more cost effective, quality care and a world-class patient experience to Humana members in Dallas/Fort Worth. The partnership will offer more personalized care and a broad range of population management tools like predictive analytics and chronic care, disease management and wellness programs.

The Humana/IntegraNet partnership emphasizes quality outcomes with a focus on care coordination and leverages measures as defined by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) like diabetes care and treatment, breast cancer screenings, colorectal cancer screenings and high-risk medication.

Humana has a 26-year accountable care relationship history with more than 1.2 million members today that are cared for by 38,000 primary care physicians, in more than 900 Accountable Care relationships across 43 states and Puerto Rico.

About IntegraNet Physician Resource

Founded by Lawrence J. Wedekind in 1996, IntegraNet expanded its services to Dallas/Fort Worth in 2012. IntegraNet is one of the Houston area’s largest independent physician associations representing 1,200 primary care and specialty physician practices. IntegraNet was built on a mission to empower physicians to maximize health and well-being of patients through evidence based quality medicine, preventive care, patient centered care coordination, and Pay-For-Performance process and outcome based metrics that improve patient outcomes. IntegraNet has produced Medical Expense Ratios well below the national and state averages for every Medicare Advantage Plan that it has represented over a period of more than seven years.

About Humana

Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a leading health and well-being company focused on making it easy for people to achieve their best health with clinical excellence through coordinated care. The company’s strategy integrates care delivery, the member experience, and clinical and consumer insights to encourage engagement, behavior change, proactive clinical outreach and wellness for the millions of people we serve across the country.

More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site at www.humana.com, including copies of:

  • Annual reports to stockholders;
  • Securities and Exchange Commission filings;
  • Most recent investor conference presentations;
  • Quarterly earnings news releases;
  • Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls;
  • Calendar of events (including upcoming earnings conference call dates and times, as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional investors);
  • Corporate Governance information.

Contacts:

Humana Corporate Communications
Ross McLerran, 210-617-1771
rmclerran@humana.com
or
IntegraNet Physician Resource
Jim Pyle, 281-381-5494
Jpyle@integranethealth.com

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