Expertise
Personal finance, occupational therapy, and geriatricsEducation
UC Berkeley and San Jose State UniversityHighlights
Award winner, Society of Professional Journalists - Northern California
Occupational therapist (OTR/L)
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteer
Member, American Occupational Therapy Association
Some people look forward to turning 65 so they can finally have Medicare coverage, only to discover that their out-of-pocket costs are higher than expected. That’s why it’s important to be your own best advocate – for yourself and those you care for. Don’t be afraid to make conversations about ‘C squared’ (costs and coverage) part of your routine healthcare visits.
— Kristen Gerencher, MSOT
Experience
Kristen Gerencher is an award-winning writer who has reported on healthcare, medicine, and insurance for a variety of national publications. Before contributing to GoodRx, she was a healthcare and personal finance reporter for MarketWatch. She also is a licensed occupational therapist who has worked in skilled nursing facilities. She has a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and a master’s of science in occupational therapy from San Jose State University. She completed her clinical fieldwork at San Mateo Medical Center and a pediatric outpatient clinic.
Kristen has been a contributing writer for Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, and HSAStore.com. Her love of writing and healthcare has led her on reporting trips far and wide, including to Canada for a look at comparative health systems, a cutting-edge surgery suite in a California teaching hospital, and a volunteer ambulance crew in the rural Midwest. She is originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Education
Kristen has a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and a master’s of science in occupational therapy from San Jose State University.
