guilty on several counts for withholding information related to the case. Texas Attorney General. Sued Humana and five other HMO’s for allegedly “penalizing doctors who do not limit patients' medical care and illegally compensating those who did.”MedicareAs further indication of Humana’s lack of interest in patient’s needs, the company decided to divest non-profitable Medicare operations, due to “government reimbursement inadequacies for the Medicare+Choice HMO product.” While one would struggle to argue that any for profit entity would survive not covering its costs, dropping patients in lieu of profits may lack ethical standing.CompensationWhile denying coverage to patients, like Caitlyn, and engaging in price reduction schemes that are not only unethical, but quite possibly illegal, Humana finds no problem paying its Chairman of the Board $4.5 million and its President and CEO, $3 Million.Humana FoundationThe charitable wing of the Humana organization was founded to “support charitable organizations and institutions that promote education, health and human services, community development and the arts.” While the group believes that these endeavors are indeed noble, Humana can not make up for a poor ethical foundation by throwing money at the problem....
