MyDirectives® Expands Relationship with Humana
Digital platform now provides advance care planning services for
Humana Medicare members
DALLAS & LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advance care planning company ADVault, Inc. and Humana
Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and well-being
companies, announced today the expanded use of MyDirectives.com
and MyDirectives
MOBILETM for Humana’s Medicare Advantage members seeking
digital solutions for emergency, critical and advance care planning.
An emergency, critical and advance care plan is a comprehensive document
that can include elements of a living will, healthcare power of attorney
and a person’s wishes on specific medical treatments and preferences. A
thorough plan, when accessible, can help individuals share important
information about their healthcare preferences with their medical teams
and loved ones.
“The MyDirectives® system allows people to create, update, personalize
and share their care plan with anyone at any time,” said Jeff Zucker,
ADVault CEO. “It includes all the elements of an advance directive and
also allows consumers to enhance their plan by including video and audio
messages and by attaching other documents such as physician orders for
life sustaining treatments. We are honored that Humana is extending its
use of our platform, continuing its commitment to getting the
individual’s voice heard during a healthcare crisis.”
Beginning today, Humana Medicare Advantage members have access to
MyDirectives through Humana Points of Care, a secure web portal that
provides valuable resources and education to members and their care
teams.
“We’re pleased to add this fully digital tool to the advanced care plan
offerings we already have in place for our Medicare members,” said
Humana At Home President Eric C. Rackow, M.D. “Everyone benefits when
they have a good quality advance care plan that can be shared and found
when necessary, and this is yet another way Humana can help support our
members and their caregivers.”
Humana also has a number of advanced care planning tools available to
members without internet access, including its LifeKeeper
Advance Care Planning Guide.
About MyDirectives.com
& MyDirectives MOBILETM
MyDirectives®, a service of Dallas, Texas-based ADVault, Inc., is the
first completely digital emergency, critical and advance care planning
platform. Recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
for becoming the first small business to be Blue Button® compatible,
which allows individuals to easily, quickly and securely download their
electronic healthcare records, MyDirectives is also the only advance
care planning platform to receive meaningful use certification from HHS.
With consumer users in all 50 United States and over 25 countries,
MyDirectives’ Universal Advance Digital Directive (uADD)™ is the first
all-digital emergency, critical and advance care plan simplifying more
than 200 legalistic advance directive forms used throughout the world.
By allowing people to include audio and video messages and preference
statements, and to attach POLST and MOLST forms, the MyDirectives uADD™
serves as a blueprint to be shared by a person’s care team, with the
individual at the center, to help guide care if the person ever becomes
a patient and cannot effectively communicate with caregivers. MyDirectives MOBILE™,
launched in 2015, is found exclusively in the Apple App Store®
and lets consumers place critical emergency health information in front
of the lock-screen on the iPhone in conjunction with Apple Health and
its Medical ID program released with the i0S8 platform.
Additional information can be found at MyDirectives.com,
Facebook.com/MyDirectives
and Twitter.com/MyDirectives.
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading health
and well-being company focused on making it easy for people to achieve
their best health with clinical excellence through coordinated care. The
company’s strategy integrates care delivery, the member experience, and
clinical and consumer insights to encourage engagement, behavior change,
proactive clinical outreach and wellness for the millions of people we
serve across the country.
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:
- Annual reports to stockholders;
- Securities and Exchange Commission filings;
- Most recent investor conference presentations;
- Quarterly earnings news releases;
- Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls;
- Calendar of events; and
- Corporate Governance information.
Contacts
Humana Corporate Communications
Nancy A. Hanewinckel, 941-585-4763
nhanewinckel1@humana.com
or
West
End Strategy Team (for ADVault, Inc.)
Jill Cashen, 202-776-7700
jill@westendstrategy.com
