Humana reports Medicare Advantage growth, income gains in Q1 2024
- Humana added 50,000 individual Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and reported a net income of $741 million in the first quarter of 2024. The payer reported earnings per share (EPS) of $6.11 for quarter one on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, or $741 million, and adjusted EPS of $7.23. In the first quarter of 2023, the...
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