Company: HUM
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000049071-25-000042
Chunk: 24

Company: HUMANA INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 24
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.1 billion in the 2024 quarter to $4.3 billion in the 2025 quarter and increased $0.3 billion, or 3.3%, from $8.1 billion in the 2024 period to $8.4 billion in the 2025 period primarily due to higher revenues associated with growth in the pharmacy solutions and primary care businesses, partially offset by the impact of the v28 risk model revision.

Operating Costs

The CenterWell segment operating cost ratio increased 70 basis points from 92.0% for the 2024 quarter to 92.7% for the 2025 quarter primarily resulting from the continued phase-in of the v28 risk model revision within the primary care business, partially offset by more favorable operating trends in the primary care business as a result of stabilizing medical cost trends and maturation of the v28 mitigation activities, as well as administrative cost efficiencies resulting from the value creation initiatives. The CenterWell segment operating cost ratio decreased 50 basis points from 92.5% for the 2024 period to 92.0% for the 2025 period primarily due to the net favorable impact of the factors impacting the quarter comparison. 

Liquidity

Historically, our primary sources of cash have included receipts of premiums, services revenue, and investment and other income, as well as proceeds from the sale or maturity of our investment securities, and borrowings. Our primary uses of cash historically have included disbursements for claims payments, operating costs, interest on borrowings, taxes, purchases of investment securities, acquisitions, capital expenditures, repayments on borrowings, dividends, and share repurchases. As premiums generally are collected in advance of claim payments by a period of up to several months, our business normally should produce positive cash flows during periods of increasing premiums and enrollment. Conversely, cash flows would be negatively impacted during periods of decreasing premiums and enrollment. From period to period, our cash flows may also be affected by the timing of working capital items including premiums receivable, benefits payable, and other receivables and payables. Our cash flows are impacted by the timing of payments to and receipts from CMS associated with Medicare Part D subsidies for which we do not assume risk. The use of cash flows may be limited by regulatory requirements of state departments of insurance (or comparable state regulators) which require, among other items, that our regulated subsidiaries maintain minimum levels of capital and seek approval before paying dividends from the subsidiaries to the parent. Our use of cash flows derived from our