Regardless of where you work (in person or in an office), it’s crucial to pause and find ways to create a balanced, productive workday routine. We asked employees from across our company to share their tips for staying productive throughout the workday — read on below for their advice.

Proactive, holistic strategies that enable personalized MSK care, together with easy-to-access mental health support, can help improve health outcomes and lower medical costs.

In the demanding world of health care, the well-being of employees plays a crucial role not only in their own lives, but also in the quality of patient care. Yet, the ongoing battle against employee burnout, stress, and other mental health challenges remains a daunting one.

For employers, being able to proactively identify MSK issues can help mitigate costly impacts to worker productivity, as well as burnout and turnover.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are already a major impediment to workforce health and job performance, and the potential for a costly MSK-related hospitalization can add to employee stress and anxiety. A new supplemental health rider designed to help offset MSK hospitalization costs can help employers support workforce well-being by offering their employees financial peace of mind.

With many employees heading back to their offices and worksites, we offer some tips to help them and your coworkers stay healthy, productive, and fulfilled during working hours – from preventing the spread of sickness to maintaining work-life balance.

Sandra Diaz-Castillo, a market insights principal at our organization sat down with John Ward, market insights director at Cigna Healthcare, to discuss the benefits of health plan integration and the value it brings for employees. Tune in to their discussion.

In order for workers to thrive in the future of work, companies must take steps to proactively address and invest in employee mental health, said Eva Borden, president of behavioral health at Evernorth, The Cigna Group’s health services division, in a recent conversation with The Washington Post presented by Cigna Healthcare.

Dental anxiety can lead to untreated dental problems and poor oral health. Fortunately, a new online tool enables Cigna Healthcare commercial and individual plan members to use their smartphone to check their teeth for potential dental problems.

Sometimes everyday stress can become so overwhelming that we cannot focus on what we are doing. Here are six tips for instant relief so you can tackle your tasks with a calmer and clearer mind.

With increasing demands and endless to-do lists to fulfill, it is easy to forgo sleep to get more done. However, lack of sleep can lead to accidents and serious health issues. If you are not catching enough Zs, try these simple tips to help you get the sleep you need.

Detecting cancers early saves lives. Learn more about the steps Cigna Healthcare is taking to help plan members get the screening procedures they need to find cancers and pre-cancers before they can spread, making treatment and the recovery process easier.

Half of the people with a behavioral health condition do not receive adequate treatment, which can have adverse consequences for them and their employers. The Cigna Total Behavioral Health program will launch new enhancements to better help employees find effective treatment and navigate the care process.

The Newsroom sat down with Marc Jefferys, president of Supplemental Health Solutions at Cigna Healthcare to discuss how supplemental health plans can help offset serious injury or critical illness costs, bringing peace of mind and supporting workforce well-being.

We sat down with Dr. David Mino, national medical director of orthopedic surgery and spinal disorders at Cigna Healthcare, to better understand the workplace issues around musculoskeletal conditions and how the Cigna Pathwell Bone & Joint program can benefit employers and their employees.

Remote work has exacerbated musculoskeletal conditions, increasing pain for workers and costs for employees. The solution: proactive health engagement.

For employers, unexpected and high-cost health events are inevitable, but with supplemental health solutions, they can make these events more affordable for their employees and their business.

With health equity growing in priority, benefits play an outsized role in helping manufacturing employees overcome disparities to live and thrive.

Employee mental health is an area of increasing concern to most organizations. Addressing it requires the right benefits paired with personalized guidance.

Staying active as we age can add years to a person’s life while decreasing the risk of injury. Let’s look at some great options for older adults trying to stay in shape.

In our latest episode of the Health Unscripted Podcast, Dr. Renee McLaughlin, national medical executive at Cigna Healthcare, explores ways employers can advance LGBTQ+ equity and inclusion, create a sense of belonging, and improve access to care and mental health.

Learn how employers can meet the evolving mental health needs and expectations of their employees with a proactive, personalized behavioral health experience.

Learn how employee burnout varies by industry and how your approach to health care should be tailored to your employees' unique needs.

See how understanding and addressing the diverse aspects of employee mental health can aid employers in better supporting the needs of their workforce.

Learn how changes in our world are impacting employee expectations for mental health support – and putting pressure on employers to do more.

Workplace mental health challenges are rising across industries, with more and more companies seeking ways to support their employees' well-being. Cigna Healthcare’s research shows that...

Mental health conditions can intensify physical health symptoms and hamper medical treatment and recovery. We spoke with Dr. Rodgers Wilson to better understand how these issues, and how integrating medical, pharmacy, and behavioral treatment plans, can benefit employers and employees.

Women are asking more from employers, and leaving companies in unprecedented numbers to get their needs met. Watch the video to learn how employers can support women’s health and well-being, and why it is more important than ever to build a culture of health in the workforce.

Cigna Healthcare is dedicated to reinventing and repairing fragmented MSK care experiences. Learn more about the unique approach to addressing these areas and optimizing care delivery.

Comprehensive and personalized care experiences improve health outcomes, reduce overall costs, and make the patient journey less arduous by connecting care touchpoints.

We explore how truly integrated benefits that connect medical, behavioral health and pharmacy data can lead to better management of health care costs and improved health outcomes for employees and their families.

Watch our video on the six lesser-known dimensions of health that must be addressed when building a culture of health and elevating employee vitality.

Identity theft can take an enormous toll on the victim’s emotional, mental, and physical health. Read more on how organizations can take small but meaningful steps to help employees protect their identities.

In the wake of the Great Resignation, today’s employees and job seekers have new expectations. We take a look at 10 stats that show what they value most.

Our newly released Value of Integration study shows that integrating medical, pharmacy, and behavioral care benefits can deliver lower healthcare costs and lead to better health outcomes for America's workforce.

As Doug Conant, former Fortune 500 CEO (Nabisco, Campbell Soup, Avon), famously said: “To win the marketplace, you must first win the workplace.” And so we will see a continued push from organizations in 2023 to improve the end-to end-employee experience. Let's take a look at some of the trends to expect.

We spoke to two benefits professionals at A+E Networks to understand how they prioritize employee health and happiness through their wellness program.

Offering supplemental benefits as part of a comprehensive package can enhance worker vitality, which has a host of advantages including better overall health, higher occupational confidence, and feeling supported at work.

The employee wellness programs of today must take into account every component of a person's overall health and well-being.

While the presence and impacts of social determinants of health extend far beyond the worksite, these are just some the steps employers can take to help improve the quality of life and health of their workforce in these areas.

Peter Freeburg, behavioral clinical strategist at Cigna, speaks to the mental health challenges that exist in the workforce today, and the employer imperative around fostering a more connected workforce that prioritizes health and well-being.

By helping employees improve their vitality—at work, at home, and in their communities—employers can create a culture of health that addresses the challenges that burned-out or disengaged employees face, and stimulate better business outcomes.

More than 1 in 5 Americans work as unpaid caregivers for loved ones, often while holding a paying job and struggling to make time for themselves. This advice can help with the balancing act.

Your employees' lives are demanding. Their work is demanding. But accessing the care they need to be healthy and productive shouldn't be. This is where virtual care can play a helpful role.

From understanding health benefits and care needs, to deciphering new technologies and digital tools, navigating health care is full of challenges. However, business can help their employees make the most of their options by ensuring they fully understand and optimize their choices.

High medical costs are inevitable. But they’re also predictable and manageable with the right data. Employers must understand the needs of their employees, in order to anticipate, address and manage high medical costs.

How can parents determine if their children may need professional help with behavioral problems? Cigna’s Dr. Stuart Lustig, a child psychiatrist, offers his insights and advice.

With the inextricable link between well-being and employee retention thrust into the spotlight, it is now imperative to find innovative ways to invest in the continuum of mental health care so companies and their employees can thrive.

The Great Resignation isn’t over. Explore some statistics that can help us reflect on the current state of our workforce, look ahead to the forces redefining work as we know it, and better understand how companies and employees alike are changing their priorities in the wake of this massive shift taking place.

Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance want plans that cover behavioral and physical health care needs, according to a new AHIP survey.

Sherry Doble, a claims manager at Cigna, was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, a serious health condition where blood sugars are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes. She shares her personal story about enrolling in Omada, Cigna’s diabetes prevention program, and how it changed her life for the better.

To better understand the current state of employee health and well-being, we scoured the web to collect some of the most relevant stats on the behavioral challenges the workforce is currently grappling with, specific demographics experiencing challenges, how American workers define health and well-being, and how employers are showing up for their people.

Fostering a healthy workforce isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s good for business. A new study quantifies the business ROI of investing into the health and well-being of employees. Here are some of the top findings.

At Cigna, we believe that there are four key areas where a health plan can contribute to a business’s growth strategy.

Today’s employers know the importance of encouraging employees to bring their whole selves to work, and workers thrive when their organizations encourage them to live their healthiest lives.

Four years ago, Sondra Workman lost a loved one to suicide. As she grieved, she pledged to do something to help others: to learn and share techniques that can help prevent suicides. Cigna, her employer, gave her paid time off work and funding to amplify her efforts through its Community Ambassadors Fellowship program.

According to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 50% of people in the United States will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their lifetime. Yet less than half of these individuals will seek the treatment they need.

When employers select health plan networks for their employees, they may look at the pure size of a network and assume the more doctors, hospitals, and clinics that are included, the better. However, size alone does not equal quality. The quality of care a patient receives is critical in managing the total cost of care, which includes medical, pharmacy, and behavioral care costs.

Th effects of the pandemic on teenage mental health is putting overwhelming demands on working parents, according to new research by Economist Impact, which was commissioned by Cigna.

Working women – and all women – needed support before the pandemic, and the events of the last two-plus years have increased those needs, sometimes greatly. Providing the resources their employees need is a win-win for workers and employers alike.

In honor of Autism Acceptance Month, which is observed each April in the United States, we bring you the story of a Cigna employee living with autism: Jennifer, a patient care advocate for Express Scripts Pharmacy.

The stresses and strains of the COVID-19 pandemic have also had an impact on substance use. According to research, about 49% of the U.S. workforce has either an alcohol or substance misuse problem. We look at some of the ways employers can make the space for people with an alcohol or drug misuse problem to come forward and get help.

New research cements the notion that employers need to take an active role in employee mental health.

We need to move beyond looking only at physical health – and understand that the mind and the body are connected and both contribute to health and well-being.

In the age of COVID-19, the concept of “business as usual” has been forever changed.

David Evans and Associates, Inc., partnered with Cigna to reimagine its employee well-being strategy during the pandemic. The professional services consultancy moved away from just focusing on physical health to providing employees with more holistic support.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the inextricable link between employee health and well-being, and business and economic success, as evidenced in a recent study by Economist Impact, commissioned by Cigna.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, three in five adults reported feelings of loneliness. These feelings, as well as stress, anxiety and depression, have intensified as the pandemic lingers.

How will you prioritize your mental health and well-being in 2022? Read on for tips, experiences, and lessons-learned from some of our friends here at Cigna Corporation.

Taking steps to improve employees’ health and well-being can increase satisfaction and encourage retention, whether they are working on site, at home, or in both locations.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that family members of children with serious pediatric illness have higher physical and mental health care needs.

Research from Cigna International Markets suggests that working parents have shown greater positivity and resilience than most in the face of the pandemic.

A new report finds that a serious health event doesn’t just take a toll on a person’s physical health, it can also affect one's mental health and make them feel as if they’ve lost control.

As American businesses navigate new ways of working amid the pandemic, a recent survey of executives and employees from across six of the biggest industries suggests that a focus on individual health can help strengthen business performance.

We lift the curtain on Cigna's Behavioral Center of Excellence, which acts as an innovation lab of sorts, helping teams across the company address the challenges both our customers and employees face. Get an inside look at the innovation coming from this team.

Identity theft can have an enormous toll on a person’s emotional, mental, and even physical health. Read on for tips on how to protect yourself.

Julia Brncic, senior vice president, chief counsel, and corporate secretary at Cigna, discusses how employers can create a more resilient workforce by empowering and supporting working women and caregivers.

Dr. Michael Howell, MD, who is a regional medical executive for Cigna, is determined to combat vaccine misinformation in the Black community and for underrepresented minorities in general.

If ever there was a time to demonstrate the value of the employer-sponsored health care market, it was during the coronavirus pandemic.

Many people don’t know that good dental health is key to maintaining whole-person health – especially for people with certain medical conditions.

Vaccination is one of the most important things we can do to protect ourselves, our children, and future generations against illness.

If there’s one thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught businesses, it is that employers are a key driver of a healthy workforce.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected different people in different ways, a recent nationwide Cigna-M/A/R/C® research survey uncovers a few positive outcomes. Many people report stronger...

Almost half of global respondents said concern for the future is currently their greatest cause of stress.

The signs of a heart attack can be easily overlooked. Chest pain can be mistaken for heartburn, stress or a muscle pull — all small aches that can be easy to dismiss.

People with higher levels of personal resilience are also more proactive with their heart health.

Approximately 10 months into the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the world is still grappling with outbreaks and stay-at-home orders. The good news is that some of the vaccines being...

These days, there are plenty of things to stress about, but managing diabetes shouldn’t be one of them. To help those who’ve been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes better navigate care...

A new survey from Cigna International Markets reveals the tightening and loosening of protective COVID-19 measures are negatively affecting individuals.

COVID-19 has put many things on hold this year, but one thing it shouldn’t interrupt is preventative care.

They rush the scene when others are fleeing. They are the protectors and the helping hands. Emergency responders are used to saving lives, and now Cigna is making sure that these frontline workers...

According to the Cigna COVID-19 Global Impact Study: New Directions [PDF] part of Cigna’s annual 360 Well-Being Survey, availability and access to virtual health has become increasingly...

While employers around the country are focused on how to safely reopen offices, Cigna is making it easier for them to provide employees with peace of mind.

To make it easier for employer clients to support the health and well-being of their employees during this challenging time, Cigna Dental is expanding its financial assistance through the Smile...

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many people are staying in their homes to help prevent the spread of the disease. Feeling lonely from time to time is natural, but this unprecedented time...

As group health plan sponsors, employers have a unique opportunity to help combat the opioid epidemic. “Employers can educate and build support systems for employees, particularly those...

Every 12 minutes, someone loses their fight with opioids and dies from overdose.1 Too many people and their families are battling addiction, but they are not alone. Cigna is working to reduce...

More Americans than ever are stressed.1 And globally, 64 percent of people blame an “always on” work culture as a direct cause of that stress.2 It’s not surprising then that the 2019 Cigna...

We've been there too, trying to make a health care decision and having no idea where to start. In fact, more than half of American adults struggle to understand and navigate the complexities of...

As a prescriber of opioids, dentists play an important role in addressing the opioid epidemic. As part of a long-standing commitment to help curb opioid addiction and overdose, Cigna has partnered...