Humana experienced significant upward momentum during today’s trading session, largely driven by a high-profile analyst upgrade and heightened optimism surrounding the upcoming Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Ratings release. Barclays elevated its rating on the healthcare insurer from Equal Weight to Overweight while substantially boosting its price target. The Wall Street firm cited growing confidence that a major Medicare Advantage contract covering approximately 2.4 million members has a high probability of securing bonus status for the upcoming rating cycle. An upgrade in star ratings would materially enhance federal quality bonus payments and improve multi-year revenue visibility, addressing one of the core…