Mayo Clinic to Provide Transplant Services for Humana Members

Thursday, May 08, 2003

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today announced an agreement enabling Humana's 6.6 million members to utilize Mayo Clinic for transplant services.

The Mayo Clinic sites included in the agreement are located in Rochester, Minn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Scottsdale, Ariz.

"We look forward to serving Humana members with the expertise and outstanding outcomes of our integrated, comprehensive transplant teams," says Christopher McGregor, M.B., FRCS, director of the Mayo Clinic William J. von Liebig Transplant Center. "This arrangement offers patients even greater access to lifesaving transplant services at Mayo Clinic."

"The addition of Mayo Clinic to our transplant network offers our members and their physicians more choices in determining which transplant facility best fits their needs," says Bruce Perkins, Humana senior vice president of national contracting. "This agreement certainly takes our national transplant network to a new level by giving members access to health care at the appropriate time in the appropriate setting."

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Humana Inc., Health Value Management's National Transplant Network is one of the larger proprietary transplant networks in the United States. It contains 63 participating transplant facilities offering approximately 365 programs for adult and pediatric transplant patients.

About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 6.6 million medical members located primarily in 18 states and Puerto Rico. Humana offers coordinated health insurance coverage and related services — through traditional and Internet-based plans — to employer groups, government-sponsored plans and individuals.

More information regarding Humana is available via the Internet at www.humana.com, including: * Copies of annual reports to stockholders;
* Copies of Securities and Exchange Commission filings;
* Copy of most recent investor presentation;
* Copies of quarterly earnings press releases;
* Audio archive of the most recent earnings release conference call;
*Calendar of events (includes upcoming earnings conference call dates, related conference call access number, and planned participation in investor conferences).

About Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic, on the leading edge of transplant services and research worldwide, provides comprehensive organ transplant services at its major locations in Rochester, Jacksonville and Scottsdale. The transplant teams at all three sites follow similar policies and procedures and participate in common research protocols. The collaborative effort has helped the Mayo Clinic transplant program consistently deliver above-standard survival rates and advance as a highly rated transplant program, internationally. At each site, clinical practice is closely integrated with advanced education and research programs in transplantation.

Mayo Clinic transplant programs include liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, lung, and blood and bone marrow transplantation. Teams of experts in these areas work together to offer patients the collaborative expertise of physicians and allied health specialists. Visit mayoclinic.org/transplant for more information.

Contacts: Sara Lee
Mayo Clinic Communications
507-284-5005 (days)
507-284-2511 (evenings)
e-mail: newsbureau@mayo.edu

Dick Brown
Humana Corporate Communications
502-580-3683
email: dbrown4@humana.com

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