Company: ELV
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001156039-25-000114
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Company: Elevance Health, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
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 various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the known facts and circumstances. Estimates can require a significant amount of judgment, and a different set of assumptions could result in material changes to our reported results.

Medical Claims Payable

The most subjective accounting estimate in our consolidated financial statements is our liability for medical claims payable. Our accounting policies related to medical claims payable are discussed in the references cited above. As of June 30, 2025, our critical accounting policies and estimates related to medical claims payable have not changed from those described in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. For a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance for medical claims payable for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, see Note 9, “Medical Claims Payable,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The following table provides a summary of the two key assumptions having the most significant impact on our incurred but not paid liability estimates for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, which are the trend and completion factors. These two key assumptions can be influenced by utilization levels, unit costs, mix of business, benefit plan designs, provider reimbursement levels, processing system conversions and changes, claim inventory levels, claim processing patterns, claim submission patterns and operational changes resulting from business combinations.

Favorable Developments by Changes in Key AssumptionsSix Months Ended  June 3020252024Assumed trend factors$1,013 $621 Assumed completion factors52 852 Total$1,065 $1,473 

The favorable development recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2025 resulted from trend factors in late 2024 developing more favorably than originally expected as well as a smaller contribution from faster than expected development of completion factors from the latter part of 2024. The favorable development recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2024 resulted from favorable development in the completion factors resulting from the latter part of 2023 developing faster than expected as well as trend factors in late 2023 developing more favorably than originally expected.

The ratio of current year medical claims paid as a percent of current year net medical claims incurred was 80.3% and 79.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. This ratio serves as an