Health Unscripted Podcast

The Cigna Group
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Welcome to Health Unscripted, brought to you by The Cigna Group, a podcast featuring real, raw conversations with some of the most knowledgeable experts in the health care industry.

  1. 12/17/2025

    A new era of pharmacy benefits: Lowering prescription drug costs for Americans

    In this episode of Health Unscripted, Adam Kautzner, president of care management and Express Scripts at Evernorth, the health services division of The Cigna Group, unpacks a recent announcement that will significantly transform the pharmacy benefits landscape. Evernorth’s new pharmacy benefits model will make all drug discounts available up front, so Americans pay less at the pharmacy counter. It also includes a new performance-based approach for pharmacy reimbursement aimed at strengthening community care. Tune in to explore the effects of this new model, including lower costs for brand-name medicines, improved medication adherence, greater transparency, and lower costs.

    17 min

  2. 09/25/2025

    The employer advantage: Prioritizing oral health for employee wellness

    There is a clear connection between oral health and overall well-being. New research from Cigna Healthcare shows that people with mental health disorders, for example, often use dental services less frequently. Additionally, factors affecting mental and oral health share common attributes, suggesting that integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health treatment can lead to better overall health outcomes. In this episode of Health Unscripted, our host Jason Youngblood, director of behavioral account management at Cigna Healthcare, sits down with Dr. Cary Sun, a dentist and the chief dental officer at Cigna Healthcare, to talk about the evolving dental care landscape and the implications for employers.

    15 min

  3. 08/21/2025

    Enhancing understanding of health insurance among the U.S. workforce

    The complexity of the U.S. health care system can make it difficult for people to understand their health benefits, affecting individual health and work productivity. With 164 million Americans relying on employer-sponsored health benefits, enhancing health insurance literacy is essential for improving overall health and business success. In this episode of Health Unscripted, Bryan Holgerson, president of Cigna Healthcare U.S., discusses how employers can boost health insurance literacy and offers strategies for doing so.

    15 min

  4. 04/22/2025

    Navigating the complexities of GLP-1s

    In this episode of Health Unscripted, Tim Harlan, vice president of account management for health plans at Express Scripts by Evernorth, sits down with Dr. Gerry Stanley, chief medical officer, and Ashley Holzworth-Nash, vice president of retail network product strategy and solutions for a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities within the GLP-1 landscape. Discover actionable strategies to optimize coverage, control costs, and support better patient outcomes.

    38 min

  5. 04/04/2025

    Improving mental health and vitality is a CEO-level imperative

    In this episode of Health Unscripted, David Cordani, chairman and CEO of The Cigna Group, sits down with Eva Borden, president of behavioral health at Evernorth Health Services, to explore the state of vitality and the depths of the mental health crisis in America – and how U.S. employers are well-positioned to help drive better, more sustainable outcomes.

    10 min

  6. 11/22/2024

    Making health care better

    As advocates for improving access, affordability, and outcomes, Evernorth Health Services is taking on some of the biggest challenges in the health care industry, including rising costs and fragmented care. In this episode, Eric Palmer, president and CEO of Evernorth, and executive vice president for enterprise strategy for The Cigna Group, discusses why the company is well positioned to improve health care experiences and outcomes while driving down costs. He debunks some of the biggest misconceptions about pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), discusses how data-driven insights can help personalize care, and outlines how Evernorth’s specialty pharmacy capabilities set it apart from the competition.

    22 min

  7. 10/10/2024

    Employers are uniquely positioned to help improve workforce mental health

    U.S. employers are uniquely positioned to enable and empower employees to get the mental health care, services, and support they need to achieve their best health – which in turn fuels higher productivity and performance and positions the organization for growth. In this episode of Health Unscripted, Jason Youngblood, director of behavioral clinical account management at Cigna Healthcare and a licensed behavioral health clinician, sits down with Marci Guertin, behavioral health product strategy director, to talk about the state of mental health in the U.S. workforce and provide actionable tips for how employers can improve their employees’ mental health, vitality, and productivity.

    22 min

  8. 06/20/2024

    For a healthy workforce, curbing the youth mental health crisis is imperative

    When young people struggle with their mental health, the ripple effect reaches beyond the people close to them to workplaces, schools, and communities. Employers in the United States spend more than $200B annually on behavioral health care for employees and their dependents, and shoulder additional costs from lost productivity, missed work, and more. Yet, despite this enormous spend, the number of American children and young adults struggling with mental health issues continues to grow.  In this episode of Health Unscripted, Evernorth’s Eva Borden explores new data from the Evernorth Research Institute that reveals the depths of the challenges working parents face as they care for children with mental health concerns – and how U.S. employers are uniquely well-positioned to help drive better, more sustainable behavioral health outcomes.

    27 min
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Welcome to Health Unscripted, brought to you by The Cigna Group, a podcast featuring real, raw conversations with some of the most knowledgeable experts in the health care industry.

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  • Creator
    The Cigna Group
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Cigna Group
  • Show Website
    Health Unscripted Podcast

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