With our help, you can turn employees suffering from depression into more productive members of your workplace.
The hidden costs of depression in American business are staggering, far surpassing the treatment costs employers absorb:
- $ 51 Billion annually in lost productivity at work and absenteeism
- Flawed decision making
- Accidents
- Poor teamwork
Depression costs American Business $63 billion each year.
Depression Care Management produces a return on investment for many employers by improving productivity at work and reducing absenteeism. Get better value for healthcare spending by providing care management to employees with depression.
NOTE: We are aware that many employers like to purchase a disease management product through the vendor they currently use. If this is the case, be sure that such a product has all the components of evidence-based care. With off the shelf products that do not contain these components, you may fail to achieve your return on investment.
Effective Depression Care Management should Include:
- Education regarding depression and its treatment.
- 6 monthly outreach calls in the first 6 months.
- 6 quarterly outreach calls between 7-24 months even if the patient feels better.
- Care management protocols to contact health providers with patient permission if patients fail to improve or begins to feel worse again.
Depression can have a debilitating effect on the productivity and morale in the workforce... but it can be successfully treated.
