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                                 UNITED STATES                                  
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       
                              Washington, DC 20549                              


                                      FORM                                      
                                      8-K                                       


                                 CURRENT REPORT                                 
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of                       
                      The Securities Exchange Act of 1934                       
     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 3, 2024 (      
                               September 3, 2024                                
                                       )                                        


                                  Humana Inc.                                   

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                    Delaware                              001-5975                      61-0647538             
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.) 

                              500 West Main Street                              
                                       ,                                        
                                   Louisville                                   
                                       ,                                        
                                    Kentucky                                    
                                     40202                                      
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)          
                                       (                                        
                                      502                                       
                                       )                                        
                                    580-1000                                    
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)              
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)          


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to 
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of 
the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered 
    Common Stock            HUM                  New York Stock Exchange          

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as 
defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 
(s)230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 
(s)240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has 
elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new 
or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) 
of the Exchange Act.



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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
Members of Humana Inc.'s (the "Company") senior management team are scheduled 
to meet with investors and analysts at industry conferences and various other 
meetings between September 3, 2024 and September 30, 2024. During these 
conferences and meetings, the Company intends to reaffirm its guidance of 
approximately $12.81 in diluted earnings per common share ("EPS") or 
approximately $16.00 in adjusted earnings per common share ("Adjusted EPS"), 
in each case for the year ending December 31, 2024 ("FY 2024"). This guidance 
is consistent with the guidance issued in Humana's press release dated July 
31, 2024. The date and time of presentations to investors are available via 
the Investor Relations calendar of events on the Company's website at 
www.humana.com.
The Company has included Adjusted EPS in this current report, a financial 
measure that is not in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting 
Principles ("GAAP"). Management believes that this measure, when presented in 
conjunction with the comparable measure of GAAP EPS, provides a comprehensive 
perspective to more accurately compare and analyze the Company's core 
operating performance over time. Consequently, management uses Adjusted EPS as 
a consistent and uniform indicator of the Company's core business operations 
from period to period, as well as for planning and decision-making purposes 
and in determination of incentive compensation. Adjusted EPS should be 
considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP 
EPS. A reconciliation of GAAP EPS to Adjusted EPS follows:

                                    Diluted earnings per common share                                         FY 2024 Guidance   
GAAP                                                                                                         approximately $12.81
Amortization of identifiable intangibles                                                                                     0.50
Put/call valuation adjustments associated with Company's non-consolidating minority interest investments                     1.65
Impact of exit of employer group commercial medical products business                                                        1.21
Value creation initiatives                                                                                                   0.80
Cumulative net tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments                                                                  (0.97)
Adjusted (non-GAAP) - FY 2024 projected                                                                      approximately $16.00

Cautionary Statement
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the 
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, generally 
including the words or phrases like "expects," "believes," "anticipates," 
"intends," "likely will result," "estimates," "projects" or variations of such 
words and similar expressions that are intended to identify such forward-looking
 statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future 
performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, 
including, among other things, information set forth in the "Risk Factors" 
section of the Company's SEC filings.
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                                   SIGNATURES                                   
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

HUMANA INC.                                                                           
BY:                                                          /s/ John-Paul W. Felter  
John-Paul W. Felter                                                                   
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller                          
(Principal Accounting Officer)                                                        

Dated: September 3, 2024
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