Integrating an employee assistance program (EAP) into a population health management strategy allows employers to leverage the significance of behavioral health concerns as primary or comorbid health conditions. By connecting an EAP with an employer's other benefits and health management components, EAP providers can help employers create a system of care that has a holistic impact on their employees' overall health and wellbeing.

• Group Health Plan MHSA Component EAPs can optimize care by making counseling referrals to clinicians who also participate in the client’s benefit plan (MHSA) network, just in case the concern isn’t resolved within the framework of the EAP.

• Health Risk Assessment Tests An EAP can engage members whose HRA results indicated high-risk behavioral health or substance abuse concerns.

• Health and Wellness Coaching Comorbid referrals between health coaches and EAP clinicians help treat members holistically.

• Pharmacy Benefit An EAP can provide a clinical intervention on behalf of members who were prescribed a psychotropic medication by anyone other than a mental health specialist.

• Short-Term Disability An EAP intervention reduces the length of time a member is on short-term disability leave, as well as the incidence of a repeat claim.

• Long-Term Disability and FMLA Extended leaves often impacts the psychosocial condition of the claimant, which can be addressed effectively by an EAP.

• Dental An EAP can help members with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, which are often a result of stress and anxiety.

• Disease Management and Case Management Comorbid referrals between nurses and EAP clinicians can treat the behavioral health conditions that are often found in chronically unhealthy members.

• Health Advocacy Programs An EAP can leverage a client's health advocacy service as a referral avenue into the program for members with behavioral health conditions.

• Onsite and Near-Site Clinics By training worksite physicians and nurses to act as referral avenues into the EAP, onsite clinics can offer holistic treatment to employees who present with a behavioral health concern.

• Telemedicine An EAP can work with an employer’s telemedicine provider to refer members who present mental health or substance abuse concerns into the EAP for treatment.