ABSTRACT
Historically, Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) have been viewed as an employee benefit even through there is documented evidence of their cost-effectiveness for the company. This article presents an integration of the Employee Assistance Program and Case Management as a way of providing a proactive method of containing health care costs. Such an integration will expand the .focus of the Employee Assistance Program, strengthen our role as an employee advocate, and provide a method of demonstrating to corporations that EAPs do contribute to the “bottom line” profit mar-gift of the company.
This article outlines the components of an effective, comprehensive Employee Assistance Program and discusses the process of integrating a Case Management system that emphasizes local demographic control within the EAP.
