"This agreement represents an important step in our ongoing commitment to provide Humana members with access to quality health care delivery at one of this community's most respected hospital systems," said Humana Florida Network Development Vice President Rick Doyle.

"We've very pleased our commercial health plan members in Southwest Florida will now have access to the region's outstanding medical centers that are part of Lee Memorial Health System," said Humana Southeast Commercial Operations CEO Craig Drablos, "and equally as important, that we can now offer Southwest Florida companies Humana's innovative health benefit plans."

Anchored by its new contract with Lee Memorial, Humana has established a solid health care provider and physician network in Southwest Florida and will offer consumer-directed health benefit plans to employer groups in Lee and Collier counties.

About Lee Memorial Health System
Lee Memorial Health System, with more than 1,000 hospital beds and more than 6,300 employees, provides hospital services in Cape Coral, Fort Myers and southern Lee County. Lee Memorial's hospitals continue to receive recognition as being among the best in the country, and the system serves more than 45,000 inpatients and handles more than 330,000 outpatient procedures on an annual basis.

Lee Memorial has been serving Southwest Florida for 90 years. Founded in 1916, Lee Memorial has grown since that time to meet the needs of the ever-growing population of Southwest Florida.

For more information about Lee Memorial, visit its Web site at www.leememorial.org.

About Humana Inc.
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 9 million medical members. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.

Humana is one of Florida's leading health benefits companies with more than 360,000 commercial health plan members statewide. Humana already provides a range of health benefit options to Medicare members in Southwest Florida, including the new Medicare regional PPO and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage.

Over its 45-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet changing customer needs. Today, the company is a leader in consumer engagement, providing guidance that leads to lower costs and a better health plan experience throughout its diversified customer portfolio.

More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor Relations page of the company's Web site at http://www.humana.com, including copies of:

• Annual report to stockholders;
• Securities and Exchange Commission filings;
• Most recent investor conference presentation;
• Quarterly earnings news releases;
• Replay of most recent earnings release conference call;
• Calendar of events (includes upcoming earnings conference call dates, times, and access number, as well as planned interaction with institutional investors);
• Corporate Governance Information.