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Behavioral health benefits

As the demand for behavioral health and substance use support increases in the United States, 77% of employers have said they plan to offer behavioral health support to their employees.¹ To help meet that demand, UnitedHealthcare advocates, clinicians and thousands of preferred providers nationwide are available to help guide employees every step of the way on their behavioral health journey with understanding, compassion and support.

With Behavioral Health Solutions from UnitedHealthcare, your employees have access to a continuum of solutions — from self-help mobile apps and virtual services to quality clinical inpatient and outpatient care.

The importance of quality behavioral care

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Your mental health and emotional wellbeing matters to us.

It always has and always will.

At UnitedHealthcare, we want to make sure everyone has access to behavioral health care.

Everyone means everyone.

Adults, teenagers, kids, caregivers, and families.

Everyone.

We know it can be difficult to ask for help.

That’s why we’re here.

With an extended hand, we’re ready to guide you to care, providing you faster, easier access.

Another way we’re guiding you to care is by helping you manage the shifts and changes that often come with mental health journeys.

We are at your side.

Behavioral health, from UnitedHealthcare.

There for what matters.

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A guided behavioral health care experience

Helping employees find quality care options, more quickly

UnitedHealthcare provides employees with personalized support, including quality care, virtual services, mobile apps and more.

Download 5 ways to help employees find the behavioral health care they need (pdf)

Supporting employees with behavioral health and physical health needs

Nearly 14% of members experienced both medical and behavioral conditions.² Additionally, their claims costs were 2 times higher and account for 28% of the total cost of care in an average employee population.²

Read more about behavioral health integration

Helping employees across the behavioral health care continuum

Behavioral Health Solutions provides employees with support to help meet their needs across multiple conditions and help deliver timely access to the right level of care.

Learn how UnitedHealthcare is creating a more engaging behavioral health experience for employee

More ways to connect employees to confidential support

"Mental health conditions are not benign illnesses — they really impact your workforce. The sooner you can intervene, you may be able to stop the progression of these diseases."

— Dr. Martin H. Rosenzweig, Chief Medical Officer, Optum Behavioral Health

5 ways to help your employees find behavioral health support

As some employees struggle for access to care, here’s what you can do to help guide and support them.

White paper: Behavioral Health (pdf)

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Footnotes

The State of Employee Mental Health in an Uncertain World. Based on a commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting, Modern Health, Sept. 2022.
Azocar F, Bargman EP, Smolskis JM, Groat TD. Enhanced methodology for estimating integrated medical-behavioral costs. Optum internal report. January 2017.
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SURE Network Summary Dashboard, Commercial E&I and non-E&I UBH General Networks Q1 2023 (March 27, 2023 data); Deanna DuBois, April 10, 2023.

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