October 03, 2012 10:30 AM Eastern
Daylight Time
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--
Humana Inc.'s (NYSE: HUM) leadership
and innovation in the mobile technology
space has been recognized again.
Consumers voted MyHumana Mobile App the
winner of the People's Choice Stevie®
Awards for Favorite New Products, in the
Favorite Smart Phone or Tablet App
category, in the 2012 American Business
Awards competition.
"Humana's Mobile Business and IT teams
have worked extremely hard to build
world-class applications that help make
well-being and healthy living more
accessible for consumers. This award
inspires us to continue driving even
greater innovation in the mobile space."
The American Business Awards are the
nation's premier business awards program.
For the People's Choice awards, the
general public vote for their favorite
new products and services of the year.
More than 98,000 votes were cast in 30
product categories in this year's vote.
"We are so proud to win the People's
Choice award for the second consecutive
year because it represents the voice of
the consumer and was driven by their
votes and support," said Brian LeClaire,
Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Service Officer for Humana.
"Humana's Mobile Business and IT teams
have worked extremely hard to build
world-class applications that help make
well-being and healthy living more
accessible for consumers. This award
inspires us to continue driving even
greater innovation in the mobile space."
MyHumana Mobile App is available as a
free download for all Apple and Android
smart phones and tablets.
"MyHumana Mobile brings the most
personalized and relevant self-service
tools and resources to our Humana members
whenever and wherever they need it," said
Christopher J. Nicholson, Service Vice
President for Humana's Strategic
Consultancy. "The app helps guide a
patient to find the best doctor or health
care practitioner based on their needs.
The patient can use the app to directly
fax their ID card information to the
practitioner to verify benefits. Together
the patient and practitioner can use
MyHumana Mobile to confirm what
out-of-pocket cost would be for a
medication, and then collaborate to find
a lower-cost prescription alternative
before the prescription is written."
The MyHumana app is an increasingly
popular resource for Humana members
on-the-go. During the past 12 months, app
downloads and mobile visitors have both
nearly tripled.
The MyHumana app's growing use has led to
additional recognition:
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In an independent study just released
by MyPrivateBanking Research, Humana
was evaluated against 30 international
health plans and ranked #1 for its app
strategy.
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The app also won a Bronze Stevie® Award
in the Utilities/Services category of
the American Business Awards. Stevie
Award winners were selected by more
than 270 executives nationwide who
participated in the judging process
this year.
In addition, Humana's Integrated Proposal
System won a 2012 "People's Choice"
Stevie Award for Favorite New Products in
the Business-to-Business Product
category. The real-time system
dynamically generates product proposals
from Humana agents and brokers to our
prospective employer groups.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four
programs: The American Business Awards,
The International Business Awards, the
Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and
the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer
Service. Honoring organizations of all
types and sizes and the people behind
them, the Stevie's recognize outstanding
performances in the workplace worldwide.
Learn more about The Stevie Awards at
www.stevieawards.com.
About MyPrivateBanking
Research
MyPrivateBanking Research is an
independent research firm. Established in
2009 in Switzerland, the firm specializes
in research and analysis on how financial
services firms should develop their
websites, social media presences and
mobile apps to best serve existing
customer and to win new clients. The firm
offers its insights in comprehensive
reports as well as customized research,
workshops and presentations. For further
information please check
www.myprivatebankingresearch.com.
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville,
Kentucky, is a leading health care
company that offers a wide range of
insurance products and health and
wellness services that incorporate an
integrated approach to lifelong
well-being. By leveraging the strengths
of its core businesses, Humana believes
it can better explore opportunities for
existing and emerging adjacencies in
health care that can further enhance
wellness opportunities for the millions
of people across the nation with whom the
company has relationships.
More information regarding Humana is
available to investors via the Investor
Relations page of the company's web site
at
www.humana.com, including copies of:
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Annual reports to stockholders;
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Securities and Exchange Commission
filings;
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Most recent investor conference
presentations;
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Quarterly earnings news releases;
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Replays of most recent earnings release
conference calls;
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Calendar of events (including upcoming
earnings conference call dates and
times, as well as planned interaction
with research analysts and
institutional investors);
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Corporate Governance information.