Humana confirmed Outlook, call Star Ratings in-line with View

(Bloomberg) – Humana Inc. Shares jumped after the company confirmed its earnings training for 2025, which was reassured by investors who were blinded by the Outlook this year. The company said its preliminary view of Medicare-quality ratings in an assumption in a filing Thursday. Some of the ratings were accidentally announced on a Medicare website, it says. Humana shares have risen as much as 8.2% on the news, most since July. The insurer in Louisville, Kentucky, is almost entirely focused on Private Medicare Advantage Health Plans, and last year tried to recover from a major decline in quality scores. To do well with the statistics called Star Ratings, bring extra money from the government in the form of bonus payments that insurers use to sweeten benefits for members and drive profits. Humana said its 2026 star values ​​”are generally in line with the assumptions” in its planning. About 20% of its members are enrolled in plans that will get at least four stars next year, the company said, which is the threshold to earn bonus payments. The Star ratings are closely watched by investors as changes can swing share prices. Last year, some of the ratings first appeared on a Medicare website using the public to buy plans before the entry period that opens on October 15. It appears that this happened again this year. Humana said ratings were “involuntarily accessible” on the Medicare Plan Finder website “for a period” on Wednesday. (Updates with additional information starting in paragraph 4) More stories like this are available on Bloomberg.com © 2025 Bloomberg MP