EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 28, 2004 /PRNewswire/ -- CIGNA Behavioral Health (CBH) announced that it has been selected by the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation to provide behavioral health care services and employee assistance and work/life programs to its employees. Harrison Memorial Hospital has also selected CBH as their provider of employee assistance and work/life programs as well. Combined, CBH gains more than 6,800 participants.
Participants covered by CBH employee assistance, work/life programs and behavioral health care gain 24/7 access to information about stress or other behavioral health concerns via the Internet. EAP participants may also have access to the company's unique online coaching program as well. Employee assistance and work/life programs improve workplace productivity and job satisfaction by providing employees and their dependents with support and referrals for a wide range of issues, such as substance abuse, stress, anxiety or help for family concerns about elder care, child care, financial planning or other needs.
"Employee assistance and work/life programs are an important benefit feature as they help workers better balance pressures of work and family, increasing employee retention," states Gidget Peddie, vice president, national sales and distribution for CBH. "We are pleased that more and more companies are recognizing the value of these programs and adding them to their benefit package."
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, headquartered in Portland, OR, is a premier supplier of commodity and specialty building products serving the retail, wholesale, home building and industrial markets. Harrison Memorial Hospital is a full service hospital system based in Bremerton, WA.
CIGNA Behavioral Health (CBH), Inc. provides behavioral care benefit management, EAPs, and work/life programs to consumers through health plans offered by large U.S. employers, national and regional HMOs, Taft-Hartley trusts and disability insurers. CBH, with headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minn., operates five care management centers around the U.S. in support of a national network of more than 47,000 independent psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers and more than 4,000 facilities and clinics. For more information, visit http://www.cignabehavioral.com/.
CIGNA Behavioral HealthContact: Gwyn Dilday of CIGNA Behavioral Health, +1-818-500-6370,gwyn.dilday@cigna.com
Web site: http://www.cignabehavioral.com/
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