We Deny Fewer Claims than They Do – Is this Necessary?

Good news for Humana I guess, but when it comes down to the matter at hand, it makes no real difference unless it is YOUR claim, at least that is the way I tend to look at such matters with an industry that continues to struggle with transparency. BD

Pays Claims Fastest with the Fewest Denials in the Health Care Industry LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(Business Wire)-- Humana (NYSE: HUM) has been named the easiest payer for medical providers to do business with in a review of 2008 claims payment data conducted by athenahealth, Inc. and Physician`s Practice magazine. The latest annual PayerView Rankings were released today. athenahealth, a provider of billing and electronic health record services to medical groups, and Physicians Practice, a respected medical journal, conduct the ranking annually as a way of grading insurance companies on their business dealings with physicians. Humana was also the top ranked payer in the inaugural PayerView Rankings in 2005.

Humana Named Top Payer in Annual PayerViewSM Ranking | Reuters