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Humana Inc | NYSE:HUM | NYSE | Common Stock |
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Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today announced that a change in interpretation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) associated with a recent court decision(a) involving parties unrelated to the company now requires the company, under applicable accounting rules, to write-off essentially all of the $591 million in receivables associated with the risk corridor premium stabilization program(b) outstanding as of September 30, 2016. The company anticipates collection of approximately $8 million in risk corridor receivables outstanding as of September 30, 2016 associated with the 2014 plan year based on information published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on November 18, 2016. The company has previously collected approximately $30 million from CMS for risk corridor receivables also associated with the 2014 plan year.
Risk corridor receivables previously recorded resulted in higher premium income in the related period accrued. Consequently, the company will reflect the write-off of the receivables as an adjustment to premium income in the quarter ending December 31, 2016 (4Q16). The company expects to exclude the impact of the risk corridor receivables write-off from its Adjusted EPS for 4Q16 and FY16.
The risk corridor premium stabilization program expires on December 31, 2016, so the write-off of these receivables will have no impact on the company’s expected performance for the year ending December 31, 2017. Importantly, risk corridor receivables were not previously allowed as assets for statutory surplus and, therefore, were already fully funded by the parent company.
Humana’s core businesses continue to perform as previously expected. The company has also now included an estimate of transaction and integration costs for 4Q16 in its projections for the year ending December 31, 2016 (FY16). Humana’s updated GAAP(c) and Adjusted(d) diluted earnings per common share (EPS) guidance for FY16 follows:
EPS – FY16 GAAP EPS Adjustments to GAAP (d) Adjusted(Non-GAAP) EPS
Guidance as of November 4, 2016 Approximately $8.68 At least $0.82 Approximately $9.50 Write-off of risk corridor receivables (b) (2.45) 2.45 - Transaction and integration costs for 4Q16 not previously estimated (0.14) 0.14 - Guidance as of December 8, 2016 Approximately $6.09 Approximately $3.41 Approximately $9.50The company has included financial measures in this release that are not in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that these measures, when presented in conjunction with the comparable GAAP measures, provide investors greater transparency into the company’s core business operations and operating performance. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures as indicators of the company’s 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. All financial measures in this press release are in accordance with GAAP unless otherwise indicated.
Footnotes
(a) On November 10, 2016, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled in favor of the government in one of a series of cases filed by insurers against the Department of Health and Humana Services (HHS) to collect risk corridor payments, rejecting all of the insurer’s statutory, contract and Constitutional claims for payment. The company had maintained the receivable in previous periods in reliance upon the interpretation previously promulgated by HHS that the risk corridor receivables were obligations of the U.S. government. Given this court decision, however, the company’s conclusion with respect to the ultimate collectability of the receivable has shifted, and accounting rules require that the receivable be written off. Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company v. United States; United States Court of Federal Claims No. 16-744C.
(b) Under health care reform, premium stabilization programs, commonly referred to as the 3Rs, became effective January 1, 2014. These programs include a permanent risk adjustment program, a transitional reinsurance program, and a temporary risk corridors program designed to more evenly spread the financial risk borne by issuers and to mitigate the risk that issuers would have mispriced products. In each case, operation of the program is subject to appropriation or other federal administrative action. The company had previously disclosed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), “. . . to the extent certain provisions of the Health Care Reform Law are successfully challenged in court or there are changes in legislation or the application of legislation, there can be no guarantee that receivables established under the reinsurance, risk corridor or risk adjustment provisions of the Health Care Reform Law will ultimately be collected.”
(c) GAAP is Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
(d) Adjusted EPS guidance for FY16 excludes:
a. Pretax transaction and integration costs associated with the pending transaction with Aetna Inc. of $105 million, or $0.63 per diluted common share.
b. Amortization expense for identifiable intangibles of $77 million pretax, or $0.33 per diluted common share
c. The write-off of risk corridor receivables totaling $583 million pretax, or $2.45 per diluted common share, in light of the change in interpretation of the ACA demonstrated by the recent court decision referenced in footnote (a) above.
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, Humana’s and Aetna’s actions with respect to the pending Department of Justice (DOJ) litigation; the outcome of the pending litigation in which the DOJ is seeking to block the transaction; the timing to consummate the transaction if it is not blocked; the terms and the timing of divestiture agreements entered into by Humana and Aetna to address the DOJ’s perceived competitive concerns regarding Medicare Advantage; the risk that a condition to closing of the transaction may not be satisfied or that the closing of the transaction otherwise does not occur; the risk that a regulatory approval required for the transaction is delayed, is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the outcome of various litigation matters related to the transaction that are in addition to the pending DOJ litigation; the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues (including the pending DOJ litigation); as well as 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:
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:
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:
View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161208006252/en/
Humana Inc.Investor Relations:Regina Nethery, 502-580-3644Rnethery@humana.comorCorporate Communications:Tom Noland, 502-580-3674Tnoland@humana.com
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