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 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.

Learn how Cigna Healthcare is creating more comprehensive and personalized health care experiences that improve outcomes for you and your employees.

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.