Humana 2020 Bold Goal Progress Report: More Healthy Days Achieved, New Programs and Communities Planned
March 22 2017 - 11:46AM
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- Humana’s Bold Goal is to make the
communities we serve 20 percent healthier by 2020 because we make
it easy for people to achieve their best health.
- Humana uses the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ‘Healthy Days’ survey tool to
measure an individual’s mental and physical ‘Unhealthy Days’ in a
30-day period.
- From 2015 to 2016 Humana members in
Bold Goal communities experienced, on average, a 3 percent decrease
in the number of Unhealthy Days.
- Results are made possible by
community-based partnerships, clinical interventions and local
strategies developed and executed from Clinical Town Halls and
Local Health Advisory Boards.
- Humana is focused on addressing social
determinants of health, such as food insecurity.
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today unveiled its “Bold Goal – 2017
Progress Report.” The report details progress the company made,
together with physicians and local community nonprofit, government
and business partners, toward improving the health of the
communities it serves nationwide. The report can be accessed by
clicking here.
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Nearly two years ago, Humana announced its Bold Goal: to make
the communities we serve 20 percent healthier by 2020 because we
make it easy for people to achieve their best health.
Humana uses the CDC’s population health management tool known as
Healthy Days to benchmark community health and measure progress.
The measurement takes into account how a person is feeling
holistically, including his or her mental and physical health.
Bold Goal Progress
Humana’s Bold Goal results are as follows:
- People nationwide are experiencing more
Healthy Days. Humana Healthy Days results showed a 2 percent
improvement on a national basis among its membership.
- Bold Goal communities are leading the
way. Humana has continued to work with Bold Goal communities to
support local public health and care-intervention programs. This
collaboration has helped improve Healthy Days by a margin of 3
percent. Six of Humana’s seven Bold Goal communities have achieved
improvements in Healthy Days.
- Continued progress achieved in Humana’s
workforce. Humana’s 50,000 associates (employees) are still on
track to improve their overall Healthy Days by 20 percent by the
end of 2017. Humana remains focused on identifying associate
experiences that can be cascaded and personalized into local
communities.
Lessons Learned
Through its Bold Goal program, Humana has found that making
communities healthier demands an integrated approach.
“Improving the health of an entire community is difficult, and
no one person or organization can do it alone,” said Bruce D.
Broussard, Humana President and CEO. “The progress we’ve made is
encouraging, and we owe a large part of that success to the many
different physicians and community members who have come together
to make Humana’s Bold Goal a reality. Putting a stop to preventable
diseases and improving the health and the lives of the people we
serve are efforts worth fighting for, and we will continue to take
what we’ve learned to add more Healthy Days into people’s
lives.”
Creating lasting behavior change in the communities Humana
serves also requires highly local and holistic care solutions that
focus not just on clinical measures but social determinants of
health. This demands a deep understanding of the fabric of local
communities.
This approach, which Humana has emphasized in its Bold Goal
communities, specifically addresses how social determinants such as
food insecurity, health literacy and transportation can
significantly impact an individual’s health. For example, 5.4
million seniors in the U.S. are food insecure, and 43 percent feel
lonely on a regular basis.
Key Regional Findings
The 2017 Bold Goal Progress Report details Humana’s
collaborative efforts with physicians and community partners in
places such as San Antonio, Louisville, Tampa Bay, Broward County
(Florida), New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Knoxville.
Roy A. Beveridge, M.D., Humana’s Chief Medical Officer, whose
organization is responsible for leading the implementation of the
Bold Goal, noted the significant impact that Humana and its
physician and clinician partners have played in these local
communities.
“This measurable improvement in population health is a direct
result of addressing and understanding social determinants that are
so important in helping people improve their health,” said Dr.
Beveridge. “From the start, we knew this would be a complex and
challenging journey. We are proud to have worked with countless
physicians and clinicians across the country to engage communities
in preventive care. Physicians and clinicians have been engaged,
not just within the four walls of their office, but the community
at large. In every sense, this has been an integrated effort, and
we believe this work exemplifies Humana’s ever-growing momentum
toward improving population health.”
Last year, Humana stated that it would band together with
community, academic, physician and health care partners in Bold
Goal communities to create more informed, localized solutions to
specific health challenges. Below are 2017 Bold Goal Progress
Report results and findings based on this work:
- San Antonio sets the stage. As the
first Bold Goal community, the city of San Antonio experienced a 9
percent decrease in the number of Unhealthy Days – a result of many
efforts, including addressing social issues in the community such
as food insecurity and limited access to behavioral health
services. Through a telepsychiatry pilot program and food
insecurity screening implemented in primary care offices, these
health barriers were directly addressed. Improvements in diabetes
management were also achieved through collaboration between Humana,
the San Antonio Health Advisory Board and the American Diabetes
Association.
- Tampa Bay addresses food insecurity.
The community of Tampa Bay, one of Humana’s largest Bold Goal
communities, has been working to address the issue of food
insecurity through initiatives led by primary care physicians. The
Tampa Bay Health Advisory Board and Humana, in partnership with
Feeding Tampa Bay, the University of South Florida and other
community partners, developed the Hunger Action Alliance to
confront this issue.
- Louisville sees both progress and
challenges. Efforts by Humana and community partners to address
respiratory illness, depression and behavioral health were
launched, including the Bold Moves Against Suicide Summit, which
brought together more than 200 thought leaders, physicians and
community partners to address the issue. However, while Louisville
has the fewest number of Unhealthy Days compared to other Bold Goal
communities, the city did not see an improvement in Healthy Days
from 2015 to 2016. Humana has a number of initiatives planned for
2017, including intervention programs in partnership with the
Louisville Health Advisory Board, to help accelerate Louisville’s
progress.
Moving Forward
Thanks to the support of physician leaders, businesses,
nonprofits, and government and public health organizations, Humana
continues to make progress toward its 2020 Bold Goal. More Healthy
Days are being experienced nationally, and new programs addressing
both local health issues and social determinants of health have
been launched.
Moving forward, 2017 priority issues for Bold Goal communities
include diabetes, behavioral health, food insecurity, loneliness
and social isolation. Key learnings from local programs enacted to
address these challenges will be expanded nationally. Humana is
also evaluating new communities to expand its Bold Goal program.
The latest expansion is Jacksonville, Florida, where a clinical
town hall meeting recently took place. Approximately 250 health
care, business and community leaders participated in the town
hall.
Please visit www.humana.com/boldgoal for additional
information on Humana’s efforts.
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 and
conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
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