Humana says started internal review after private medicare leak

(Reuters) – Health insurer Humana Inc said on Thursday that it has begun an internal review of the events around an announcement on April 1 of a government policy change related to private Medicare. News of the government’s change in how it would reimburse insurers leaked into the market that day ahead of the announcement and Humana’s shares rose sharply. Humana spokesman Ton Noland confirmed that the company has started the probe and fired the law firm of the lobbyist who was working for Humana and who had been named by the Wall Street Journal as having been involved in the leak. …