The Problem                          >>See also EAP Solutions below

Employer Costs related to mental health, substance abuse and behavioral risk management have skyrocketed.

• Mental health / substance abuse costs currently reflect between 15 and 24 percent of total health care costs.
• Alcoholism is costing U.S. industry more than $100 billion a year.
• The cost of drug and alcohol abuse in the business community approaches $16.6 billion a year.
• Alcoholic employees are likely to submit 12 times the health insurance claims than those of other employees.
• Almost 65% of all job terminations are related to emotional problems.
• Absenteeism, lost productivity, accidents, sick leave and insurance payments can amount to as much as 25% of payroll costs.
• Claims for work related mental stress account for 15% of all workers' comp claims.
• ADA lawsuits related to mental health are 20% of claims.
• The costs of clinical depression ($24 billion) are elevated because the age group that is most vulnerable (30 to 44) is the same age group that comprises the largest portion of America's labor force.
• About 43% of senior managers say that they've had a violent incident (fight, weapon at work, property damage, etc.) in their workplace in the past 3 years.
• Sexual harassment lawsuits have cost employees millions of dollars.

The costs of personal problems are high; the impact on the organization may be devastating. Our EAP solutions can help.

The Solutions

• What can an organization do to decrease costs, increase productivity, and communicate to employees that the employer is concerned?
• Employee & Member Assistance Programs
  Provides confidential help for employees and their household members
• Preferred Provider Organization
  Provides oversite of mental health services at cost effective rates
• Managed Mental Health Care
  Provides cost control for mental health care benefits
• Organizational Development
  Provides direction for organizational improvement
• Disease Management
  Provides tools for employees with chronic illness to improve quality of life while reducing healthcare costs of preventable acute care episodes.
• Behavioral Risk Management
  Provides evaluation of risk from a behavioral viewpoint
• Specialty Programs
  Provides state-of- the art skills, information and training technology to enrich intellectual capital

EAP/MAP return on investments ranges from $8 to $20
for every $1 spent.