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Diluted earnings per common share (EPS) | | 1Q19 (a) | | | 1Q18 (b) | |
GAAP | | $ | 4.16 | | | $ | 3.53 | |
Amortization associated with identifiable intangibles | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.17 | |
Put/call valuation adjustments associated with 40% minority interest in Kindred at Home | | | 0.22 | | | | — | |
Segment earnings associated with the Individual Commercial segment | | | — | | | | (0.29 | ) |
Adjustments to provisional estimates for the income tax effects related to the tax reform law enacted on December 22, 2017 (Tax Reform Law) | | | — | | | | (0.05 | ) |
Adjusted(non-GAAP) | | $ | 4.48 | | | $ | 3.36 | |
The company has included financial measures throughout this earnings release that are not in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that these measures, when presented in conjunction with the comparable GAAP measures, are useful to both management and its investors in analyzing the company’s ongoing business and operating performance. Consequently, management uses thesenon-GAAP (Adjusted) financial measures as indicators of the company’s business performance, as well as for operational planning and decision making purposes.Non-GAAP (Adjusted) 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. Please refer to the footnotes for a detailed description of each item adjusted out of GAAP financial measures to arrive at anon-GAAP (Adjusted) financial measure.
“In a year of strong Medicare Advantage membership growth for the industry, driven in no small part by the health insurance industry fee suspension and the resulting increased benefits offered to seniors nationwide, we are pleased to be able to deliver industry leading individual Medicare Advantage membership growth of 415,000 to 440,000 members together with above target earnings growth for 2019.” said Bruce D. Broussard, Humana’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Each day, more and more seniors are choosing Medicare Advantage, a program that today has over 22 million members, demonstrating the compelling value of a program that delivers affordable, quality care for seniors and improved clinical outcomes as payers and providers work together to understand each member’s whole health and help them navigate the complex healthcare system.”
Summary of 1Q19 Results
GAAP and Adjusted pretax income and EPS results for 1Q19 exceeded management expectations, primarily driven by lower than anticipated utilization in the individual Medicare Advantage business.
The company’s year-over-year consolidated GAAP and Adjusted pretax results in 1Q19 were favorably impacted by the solid performance of the company’s Medicare Advantage business and significant operating cost efficiencies driven by productivity initiatives previously implemented. As expected, the company’s higher-than-anticipated individual Medicare Advantage membership growth during the recently completed Annual Election Period (AEP) had a muted impact on the consolidated earnings in 1Q19. While new Medicare Advantage members increase revenues, on average, they have a breakeven impact on pretax earnings in the first year as they were not previously engaged in clinical programs or appropriately documented under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) risk-adjustment model.
The year-over-year changes in GAAP and Adjusted EPS for 1Q19 reflected the same factors impacting GAAP and Adjusted consolidated pretax income comparisons as well as the beneficial impact of the temporary suspension of the health insurance industry fee (HIF) in 2019. In addition, year-over-year comparisons of both GAAP and Adjusted EPS are favorably impacted by a lower number of shares used to compute EPS, primarily reflecting share repurchases.
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