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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.

 






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