Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Humana Military Healthcare Services, was awarded two contracts to provide patient appointing services for military hospitals and clinics located in the greater Puget Sound, Washington, and Tidewater, Virginia areas.
“Humana Military is excited and eager to offer patient appointing support to Army, Navy and Air Force medical facilities throughout the Puget Sound and Tidewater areas”
The Puget Sound contract includes support to the Madigan Army Medical Center, Naval Hospital Bremerton, Naval Hospital Oak Harbor and to the 62nd Medical Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Washington. Service delivery will begin April 1, 2011, and subject to Government exercise of annual options, the contract is expected to remain in effect through November 30, 2015.
The Tidewater contract provides for support to Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, the 1st Medical Group at Langley Air Force Base, McDonald Army Health Center at Fort Eustis and the Kenner Army Health Clinic at Fort Lee, Virginia. Patient appointing will begin April 1, 2011, and, subject to the Government's exercise of annual options, the Tidewater contract is expected to remain in effect until December 31, 2015.
"Humana Military is excited and eager to offer patient appointing support to Army, Navy and Air Force medical facilities throughout the Puget Sound and Tidewater areas," said Dave Baker, president and CEO of Humana Military. "We have a legacy of providing exceptional service to active duty and retired military members and their families under our current TRICARE contract in the southern United States. These new patient appointing contracts will allow us to expand the range of our support into new geographic areas. That's very exciting to us," Baker said.
Humana Military currently provides patient appointing services in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.