Medicare AdvanTage’s Humana Classics Categories Categories slide 2026

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• Humana will have 20 % of Medicare Advantage members in 4 -star classification plans in 2026, with a slight decrease from 2025 but in line with internal expectations, the insurance company revealed on Thursday.

• Watch Humana – the second largest MA company in the country – Improving in the organs In classification plans 4.5 stars or higher. Next year, 14 % of MA members in Humana will be in those high -class plans, up from 3 % in 2025.

• The average classification of Humana star of 3.61 is almost a year over a year. The insurance company, which was working to improve its assessments, said it is not satisfied with the results. However, Humana shares rose about 3 % in a trade on Thursday after being unveiled.

It is a crowded season for insurance market monitors, as CMS launched more information about the Medicare Advantage scene next year – including by mistake.

The insurance company said on Wednesday, on Wednesday, the organizers have published more detailed information about the MA Plan offers for the year 2026 and issued some stars classifications data, which prompted Humana to provide its disclosure to investors.

Although the average classification of stars in Humana has been mainly unchanged, the results are likely to be disappointing for the insurance company. This is because the percentage of MA members in the plans ranked 4 stars or decreased above From 25 % this year.

To put it in the context, Humana had 94 % of the members of at least 4 -star plans in 2024.

Access to this threshold is the key to insurance companies in the specialized medical care program. You receive plans with a total rating of 4 or higher bonus payments. The higher grades also lead to greater discounts if the plans are offered less bids than the CMS standard for the next year.

Humana expects to lose billions of dollars revenues as a result of a decrease in stars classifications from 2024 to 2025, so another decline for 2026 will not help.

The human being said in the securities file: “Although the company is not satisfied with its evaluation of 2026, it is pleased with the tactical operational improvements that were conducted in the last months of the 2026 measurement period, which creates a solid basis for the expected return of the company to the highest quarter -results of the 2027 star classification.”

along with Government prosecution In an attempt to improve their degrees, Humana stumbled to improve her assessments by closing gaps in care, increasing awareness and investment in technology, according to executive comments.