April is Stress Awareness Month. As the pandemic continues and employers report high levels of stress in the workforce, the International Foundation’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits survey… Read more >
Cara McMullin
April 19, 2022
Behavioral Decision Making, Communication, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Mental Health, Opioid Abuse, U.S., Wellness, Work Life BalanceEAP, employee benefits, mental health, mental health benefits, mental health in the workplace, mindfulness, substance abuse, wellness programs, workplace wellness
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The opioid crisis continues to sweep across the United States and Canada, and workplaces are feeling the impact. The recent International Foundation report, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits: 2018… Read more >
Anne Patterson
February 5, 2019
Employee Benefits, Mental Health, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugsnarcan, opoid claims
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Treating opioid addiction has become a costly problem for health plans. Particularly troubling are reports of unethical treatment facilities that exploit patients, failing to deliver on their promises of recovery…. Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
June 18, 2018
Employee Benefits, Mental Health, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugshealth care costs, opioid addiction, opioid epidemic, substance abuse, workplace
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When his teenaged daughter came home with an opioid prescription after having her wisdom teeth removed, Randall Kratz challenged her doctor. Kratz, senior account manager for FEI Behavioral Health in… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
February 2, 2018
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugsaddiction
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Private employers reported 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2016, and it’s likely that some of those employees received prescriptions for an opioid to manage their pain. In… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
November 21, 2017
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugs
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Benefits news has been far from static in the past few weeks. After a month buzzing with activity and few definitive answers, news broke late Thursday with two new announcements… Read more >
International Foundation Staff
October 13, 2017
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Health Care, Insurance, MPRA, Opioid Abuse
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91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. It’s a growing epidemic that no one can ignore—including employers. Of individuals misusing pain relievers, about two-thirds are currently employed, making… Read more >
International Foundation Staff
October 3, 2017
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugs
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Spring is in the air. Birds singing, temperatures rising, baseball season in full swing . . . and a whole new crop of benefits developments have been popping up. International… Read more >
International Foundation Staff
April 11, 2017
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Mental Health, Multiemployer, Opioid Abuse, Paid Leave, Pensions, Prescription Drugs, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast
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Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the prevalence of opioid abuse and are taking action. According to International Foundation research, about one in three organizations (32.3%) states that prescription drug addiction is… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
January 10, 2017
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugsopioid abuse, substance abuse
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In 2015, 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads, up 8% from 2014, according to the National Safety Council. In 2014—the latest year for which statistics are available–47,055 Americans died… Read more >
Chris Vogel, CEBS
July 19, 2016
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugsaddiction, drug abuse, opioid
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