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Lauren Berryman

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Health Insurance Reporter at Modern Healthcare

Proud @WakeForest & @AmericanU alum

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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield plans reverse course on weight-loss drug coverage

    3 weeks ago | crainsgrandrapids.com | Lauren Berryman

    A handful of nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers, including in Michigan, dipped their toes into expanding coverage for blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Then they quickly pulled them back out. It’s still early days of the glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist, or GLP-1, drug phenomenon with no definitive clinical or cost-savings evidence and no blueprint for how to control spending.

  • Highmark Health Plans weighs down Allegheny Health gains

    1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Lauren Berryman

    Breadcrumb Home Insurance May 29, 2025 01:21 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Highmark Highmark Health headquarters in Pittsburgh Highmark Health is off to a challenging start to the year as its insurance business dinged the company's bottom line during the first quarter.

  • High health plan costs push employers to demand more from vendors

    1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Lauren Berryman

    Breadcrumb Home Insurance June 04, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print MH Illustration/Adobe Stock As healthcare costs climb, employers are no longer settling for big promises from benefits partners.

  • Cigna's Evernorth launches Wegovy, Zepbound copayment cap

    1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Lauren Berryman

    Breadcrumb Home Insurance May 21, 2025 03:30 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print MH Illustration/Unsplash Cigna is rolling out another weight-loss drug initiative to bolster access to the popular medications and tap more deeply into the booming market.

  • Penn Medicine, Sutter make business case for patient experience

    1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Gabriel Perna |Lauren Berryman

    Breadcrumb Home Providers May 19, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Scott Spitzer Photography From left: Nell Buhlman, Chief Administrative Officer, Head of Strategy, Press Ganey; Brad Kruger, Vice President of Patient Experience for Advocate Health; Dr. Raina Merchant, Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Penn Medicine.

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Lauren Berryman
Lauren Berryman @laurentberryman
29 May 25

RT @modrnhealthcr: Blue Cross Blue Shield plans reverse course on GLP-1 coverage https://t.co/1CNE2dZd0b

Lauren Berryman
Lauren Berryman @laurentberryman
13 May 25

RT @modrnhealthcr: UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty steps down https://t.co/7jIdososxj

Lauren Berryman
Lauren Berryman @laurentberryman
7 May 25

Looming drug tariffs are creating uncertainty for health insurers and their clients, distressing a sector that relies heavily on accurately predicting costs. 💊 Here’s what to know about how drug tariffs could affect the health insurance industry: https://t.co/1ssNA8P5mG