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| 8-K - FORM 8-K - HUMANA INC | d668842d8k.htm |
| EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - HUMANA INC | d668842dex992.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
| n e w s r e l e a s e | Humana Inc. 500 West Main Street P.O. Box 1438 Louisville, KY 40201-1438 http://www.humana.com |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
| Regina Nethery Humana Investor Relations (502) 580-3644 e-mail: Rnethery@humana.com |
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Tom Noland
Humana Corporate Communications
(502) 580-3674
e-mail: Tnoland@humana.com
Humana Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Financial Results;
Reaffirms 2014 Financial Guidance
| • | 2014 EPS guidance of $7.25 to $7.75 reaffirmed |
| • | 2014 Medicare Advantage membership growth estimate raised to 370,000 to 410,000 |
| • | 2014 Medicare stand-alone PDP membership growth estimates raised to 450,000 to 500,000 |
| • | 2014 health care exchange enrollment applications currently exceed 200,000 |
| • | 2013 EPS of $7.73 up 3 percent over the prior year (includes $0.99 per share of benefits expense for closed block long-term care reserves strengthening) |
LOUISVILLE, KY (February 5, 2014) – Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today reported a loss per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 (4Q13) of $0.19, compared to diluted earnings per common share (EPS) of $1.19 for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 (4Q12). For the year ended December 31, 2013 (FY13) the company reported EPS of $7.73 compared to $7.47 for the year ended December 31, 2012 (FY12).
| $ in millions except EPS |
FY13 GAAP |
FY13 Non-GAAP(a) |
FY12 GAAP |
Year-over- year Change |
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| Pretax Results: |
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| Retail Segment |
$ | 1,283 | $ | 1,283 | $ | 1,161 | 11 | % | ||||||||
| Employer Group Segment |
$ | 322 | $ | 322 | $ | 277 | 16 | % | ||||||||
| Healthcare Services Segment |
$ | 549 | $ | 549 | $ | 463 | 19 | % | ||||||||
| Other Businesses |
($ | 193 | ) | $ | 50 | ($ | 18 | ) | ||||||||
| Consolidated |
$ | 1,921 | $ | 2,164 | $ | 1,911 | 13 | % | ||||||||
| EPS |
$ | 7.73 | $ | 8.72 | $ | 7.47 | 17 | % | ||||||||
Full-year pretax results rose year over year for each of the company’s business segments. The full-year pretax loss for Other Businesses included incremental pretax benefits expense of $243 million ($0.99 per share) (b) in 4Q13 for reserve strengthening in the company’s closed block of long-term care insurance policies as described further below.
The company reaffirmed its estimate for EPS for the year ending December 31, 2014 (FY14) to be in the range of $7.25 to $7.75. The company’s 2014 EPS estimate reflects a continuing expectation of solid performance from the company’s existing businesses as well as the previously disclosed $0.50 to $0.90 per share in investment spending and startup expenses for the company’s newer state-based contracts(c) and health care exchange businesses.
“We are pleased that all of Humana’s business segments showed improved results year over year in 2013,” said Bruce D. Broussard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Humana. “Although we continue to have confidence in our 2014 earnings projections given the strength of our integrated care delivery model and better-than-expected Medicare membership growth, continued growth in 2015 and beyond will be driven by the degree of headwinds presented by public policy surrounding government programs.”
Humana’s full detailed earnings press release has been posted to the company’s Investor Relations site and may be accessed at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=92913&p=irol-news&nyo=0 or via a current report on Form 8-K filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning (available at www.sec.gov or on the company’s website).
Footnotes
| (a) | The Company has included certain financial measures that are not in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in its summary of financial results within this earnings press release. The company believes that these non-GAAP measures, when presented in conjunction with comparable GAAP measures, are useful to both management and its investors in analyzing the company’s ongoing business and operating performance. Internally, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures as indicators of business performance, as well as for operational planning and decision making purposes. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP amounts are as follows: |
| in millions, except for EPS |
Other Businesses Pretax FY 2013 |
Consolidated Pretax FY 2013 |
EPS | |||||||||
| GAAP |
($ | 193 | ) | $ | 1,921 | $ | 7.73 | |||||
| Reserve strengthening for closed block of long-term care insurance policies (b) |
243 | 243 | 0.99 | |||||||||
| Non-GAAP |
$ | 50 | $ | 2,164 | $ | 8.72 | ||||||
| (b) | During the fourth quarter of 2013, the company strengthened future policy benefit reserves related to our closed block of long-term care insurance policies in the amount of $243 million, net of reinsurance. This closed block of policies was acquired in connection with our acquisition of KMG America in late 2007. No policies in this block have been sold since 2005. |
| (c) | State-based contracts include the company’s operations and membership associated with Medicaid benefits provided for dual-eligible, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Long-Term Support Services (LTSS) programs. |
| (d) | The company provides a full range of insured specialty products including dental, vision and other supplemental health and financial protection products. Members included in these products may not be unique to each product since members have the ability to enroll in multiple products. Other supplemental benefits include life, disability, and fixed benefit products including cancer and critical illness policies. |
Conference Call & Virtual Slide Presentation
Humana will host a conference call, as well as a virtual slide presentation, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time today to discuss its financial results for the quarter and the company’s expectations for future earnings. A live virtual presentation (audio with slides) may be accessed via Humana’s Investor Relations page at www.humana.com. The company suggests web participants sign on at least 15 minutes in advance of the call. The company also suggests web participants visit the site well in advance of the call to run a system test and to download any free software needed to view the presentation.
All parties interested in the audio-only portion of the conference call are invited to dial 888-625-7430. No password is required. The company suggests participants dial in at least ten minutes in advance of the call. For those unable to participate in the live event, the virtual presentation archive may be accessed via the Historical Webcasts & Presentations section of the Investor Relations page at www.humana.com.
Cautionary Statement
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in investor presentations, press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, and in oral statements made by or with the approval of one of Humana’s executive officers, the words or phrases like “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “likely will result,” “estimates,” “projects” or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including, among other things, information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the company’s SEC filings, a summary of which includes but is not limited to the following:
| • | If Humana does not design and price its products properly and competitively, if the premiums Humana receives are insufficient to cover the cost of health care services delivered to its members, if the company is unable to implement clinical initiatives to provide a better health care experience for its members, lower costs and appropriately document the risk profile of its members, or if its estimates of benefits expense are inadequate, Humana’s profitability could be materially adversely affected. Humana estimates the costs of its benefit expense payments, and designs and prices its products accordingly, using actuarial methods and assumptions based upon, among other relevant factors, claim payment patterns, medical cost inflation, and historical developments such as claim inventory levels and claim receipt patterns. These estimates, however, involve extensive judgment, and have considerable inherent variability because they are extremely sensitive to changes in claim payment patterns and medical cost trends. |
| • | If Humana fails to effectively implement its operational and strategic initiatives, particularly its Medicare initiatives, state-based contract strategy, and its participation in the new health insurance exchanges, the company’s business may be materially adversely affected, which is of particular importance given the concentration of the company’s revenues in these products. |
| • | If Humana fails to properly maintain the integrity of its data, to strategically implement new information systems, to protect Humana’s proprietary rights to its systems, or to defend against cyber-security attacks, the company’s business may be materially adversely affected. |
| • | Humana’s business may be materially adversely impacted by CMS’s adoption of a new coding set for diagnoses (commonly known as ICD-10). |
| • | Humana is involved in various legal actions, or disputes that could lead to legal actions (such as, among other things, provider contract disputes relating to rate adjustments resulting from the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, commonly referred to as “sequestration”; other provider contract disputes; and qui tam litigation brought by individuals on behalf of the government) and governmental and internal investigations, any of which, if resolved unfavorably to the company, could result in substantial monetary damages. Increased litigation and negative publicity could also increase the company’s cost of doing business. |
| • | As a government contractor, Humana is exposed to risks that may materially adversely affect its business or its willingness or ability to participate in government health care programs including, among other things, loss of material government contracts, governmental audits and investigations, potential inadequacy of government-determined payment rates or other changes in the governmental programs in which Humana participates. |
| • | The Health Care Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana’s results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company’s ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company’s medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company’s Medicare payment rates and increasing the company’s expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company’s financial position, including the company’s ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company’s cash flows. In addition, if Humana is unable to adjust its business model to address the non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments, including the three-year commercial reinsurance fee, such as through the reduction of the company’s operating costs, there can be no assurance that the non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments would not have a material adverse effect on the company’s results of operations, financial position, and cash flows. |
| • | Humana’s participation in, and the operational functionality of, the new federal and state health care exchanges, which have experienced certain technical difficulties in their early implementation and which entail uncertainties associated with mix and volume of business, could adversely affect the company’s results of operations, financial position, and cash flows. |
| • | Humana’s business activities are subject to substantial government regulation. New laws or regulations, or changes in existing laws or regulations or their manner of application could increase the company’s cost of doing business and may adversely affect the company’s business, profitability and cash flows. |
| • | Any failure to manage operating costs could hamper Humana’s profitability. |
| • | Any failure by Humana to manage acquisitions and other significant transactions successfully may have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial position, and cash flows. |
| • | If Humana fails to develop and maintain satisfactory relationships with the providers of care to its members, the company’s business may be adversely affected. |
| • | Humana’s pharmacy business is highly competitive and subjects it to regulations in addition to those the company faces with its core health benefits businesses. |
| • | Changes in the prescription drug industry pricing benchmarks may adversely affect Humana’s financial performance. |
| • | If Humana does not continue to earn and retain purchase discounts and volume rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers at current levels, Humana’s gross margins may decline. |
| • | Humana’s ability to obtain funds from certain of its licensed subsidiaries is restricted by state insurance regulations. |
| • | Downgrades in Humana’s debt ratings, should they occur, may adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial condition. |
| • | Changes in economic conditions could adversely affect Humana’s business and results of operations. |
| • | Federal government contracts account for a substantial portion of our revenue and earnings. A delay by Congress in raising the federal government’s debt ceiling, should it occur, could lead to a delay, reduction, suspension or cancellation of federal government spending that could, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our business, cash flows, and profitability. |
| • | The securities and credit markets may experience volatility and disruption, which may adversely affect Humana’s business. |
| • | Given the current economic climate, Humana’s stock and the stock of other companies in the insurance industry may be increasingly subject to stock price and trading volume volatility. |
In making forward-looking statements, Humana is not undertaking to address or update them in future filings or communications regarding its business or results. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed herein may or may not occur. There also may be other risks that the company is unable to predict at this time. Any of these risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Humana advises investors to read the following documents as filed by the company with the SEC for further discussion both of the risks it faces and its historical performance:
| • | Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (as amended); |
| • | Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013; and |
| • | Form 8-Ks filed during 2013 and 2014. |
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading health care company that offers a wide range of insurance products and health and wellness services that incorporate an integrated approach to lifelong well-being. By leveraging the strengths of its core businesses, Humana believes it can better explore opportunities for existing and emerging adjacencies in health care that can further enhance wellness opportunities for the millions of people across the nation with whom the company has relationships.
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. |