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Humana Healthy Horizons partners with YMCA Learning Academy to provide summer learning programs to Texas students

  • January 7, 2022
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Humana Healthy Horizons is passionate about student learning inside, and outside, of the classroom. Humana contributed $150,000 to the YMCA Learning Academy to provide financial scholarships for students. Summer learning academies were designed to support students (K-6) through a 5-week program, providing academic and social growth opportunities offering low teacher/student ratios with peer-to-peer interaction. “Research […]

Signify Health and Humana team with the Alamo Area Community Network

  • August 12, 2021
  • 1 min read

Humana has partnered with a technology platform and a group of community-based organizations to address social determinants of health for Medicare Advantage members in San Antonio, Texas. Alamo Area Community Network (AACN), an alliance of community-based organizations, connects those in need with health-related social services, such as food, transportation, housing, and financial assistance. The collaboration allows members […]

Basic Needs Program tackles food insecurity

  • July 15, 2021
  • 2 min read

Supporting members in their well-being has always been Humana’s priority, so when COVID-19 threatened to affect lives and access to needed resources like food and medical care, teams within the enterprise looked to find innovative ways to help.  Humana’s Medicare Advantage membership is comprised of seniors, who already are among the most vulnerable to food insecurity and now […]

Humana and University of Houston set new standard for clinical training models

  • June 16, 2020
  • 2 min read

In 2019, Humana worked to further its partnership with the University of Houston on a 21st Century approach to clinical training that includes the use of non-medical experts in solving for health-related social needs. The Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute at the University of Houston was created to disrupt the way we train health […]

San Antonio Food Bank meets unprecedented challenge

  • June 2, 2020
  • 3 min read

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new season of need to thousands of people, and the San Antonio Food Bank is rising to the challenge. Before the coronavirus, the food bank was providing food to 58,000 people each week. They’ve served as many double that since social distancing took effect, believing that “no child should […]

Best Practices: How to stay socially connected when intentionally isolated

  • May 6, 2020
  • 1 min read

While it remains critical that we honor social distancing requirements to combat the spread of COVID-19, it is equally important that we remain socially connected with our friends, family, colleagues, and community to prevent the negative health outcomes caused by being socially isolated and lonely. Download this helpful one-pager from the Coalition to End Social […]

San Antonio is halfway toward their Bold Goal

  • August 9, 2019
  • 1 min read

Local nonprofits, government, business organizations and Humana have built a strong foundation to help improve the health of San Antonio 20 percent by 2020 and beyond. Watch our video here.

Addressing Social Isolation through OATS

  • August 9, 2019
  • 1 min read

Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) received an investment from the Humana Foundation to address social isolation. OATS is a social impact organization that builds sustainable new systems to change the way we age. OATS helps seniors use technology to improve their health, finances, social engagement, learning and creative expression. Watch our video here.

San Antonio Food Bank video

  • August 9, 2019
  • 1 min read

Humana and the Humana Foundation are working together with our community partners to address social determinants of health, such as food security and social connection. Here’s how we’re partnering with the San Antonio Food Bank to help seniors receive fresh, nutritious food and build greater community connections. Watch the video here.

Embedding social determinants into care plans

  • August 9, 2019
  • 1 min read

Care managers with our Humana At Home program began screening members for social determinants of health to enhance care management and planning. “We screen members who are new to our Humana At Home programs for food insecurity and social isolation and loneliness. I work with them individually to build a care plan that includes steps […]