Insurer Cigna Healthcare partners with Progyny to expand fertility benefits
Employers to offer expanded coverage throughout the entire fertility journey
Cigna Healthcare, part of global health insurance company The Cigna Group, has announced a new offering in collaboration with Progyny to make fertility and family-building services accessible and equitable for more employers.
The new comprehensive benefit will enable employers to offer expanded coverage throughout the entire fertility journey, from pre-conception planning to postpartum care, along with coverage options for family-building services such as surrogacy and adoption.
Historically, many employers have faced affordability challenges in offering such comprehensive services to their workforces. Yet, with 1 in 6 people worldwide impacted by infertility, demand for these services continues to grow.
Availability of fertility, childbirth and family-building services have become a leading factor in job retention, with 61% of millennials saying these benefits drive company loyalty and 70% saying they would change jobs based on family-planning benefits. By providing expanded services, this new offering can help a wider range of employers attract and maintain top talent.
Progyny offers ‘Smart Cycle’ design, whereby employers can simplify coverage by designing benefits based on fertility cycles, rather than financial thresholds. Progyny then provides access to its network of over 650 fertility clinics across the US, 1:1 personalized support, preconception coaching, egg and sperm freezing and storage, assistive reproductive technologies such as IVF, doula service and guided support for surrogacy and adoption services.
Heather Dlugolenski, senior vice president, U.S. employer strategy officer, Cigna Healthcare said:
"Employers understand that the road to parenthood can be challenging physically, emotionally, and financially, and they want to support their colleagues in reaching their family-building goals.”
"Our newest offering helps make best-in-class, personalized care accessible and equitable for a wider range of employers, while helping people achieve healthy pregnancies, babies, and families."
In addition to the enhanced solution powered by Progyny, Cigna Healthcare continues to offer a range of other fertility benefit options for clients to select based on the needs of their workforce and their budget.
The new benefit solution will be available to most of Cigna Healthcare's self-funded employer clients in early fall 2025.
Elsewhere, Progyny has set its Q4 financial results guidance slightly above range.