Guardian partners with Spring Health to bring personalized mental wellness benefits to all employees and their families. Benefits include in-person and virtual therapy, mental health assessments, mindfulness exercises, and life coaching. These services are certified for health plan savings and reduction in employee turnover and absenteeism.1
The Validation Institute, an independent, objective, third party organization whose mission is to improve the quality and cost of healthcare, certified a recent Spring Health study showing a net savings for Spring Health customers. Here’s what the study showed:
$2,430
Total health plan savings of $2,430 per participant1,2
2.15x ROI
Delivers 2.15x the ROI on health plan spend1
4.08x total ROI
Delivers 4.08x the total ROI (health plan + turnover and absenteeism)1
22%
Employee turnover reduced by 22%1
12%
Participants reported 12% fewer missed days1
The benefits of our standalone mental wellness solution can be felt beyond the bottom line. For example: Nearly 70% of engaged members report reliable improvements in anxiety and depression.3 What’s more, members are able to get appointments with licensed therapists in less than two days, compared to the average 48 days many people wait for a mental health appointment through traditional pathways.4
Learn more about what makes Guardian + Spring Health different from other employee mental health solutions in the market today.
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1 Validation Institute (2023, September 7). Validated program report: Savings review for the Study. https://validationinstitute.com/validated-provider/spring-health/. Actual results may vary. When comparing two matched groups a factor that was not taken into consideration or cannot be measured may explain part of the difference between the groups’ performance. The Validation Institute is an independent third party organization that is unaffiliated with Guardian, its affiliates or subsidiaries.
2 When utilizing Spring Health for at least one psychotherapy or medication management session, in the first six months after a mental health diagnosis.
3 “After treatment, 69.3% of participants showed reliable improvement for depression and 68.7% showed improvement for anxiety.” Bondar J, Babich Morrow C, Gueorguieva R, et al. Clinical and Financial Outcomes Associated With a Workplace Mental Health Program Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(6):e2216349. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.16349; 5/13,7/13.
4 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Impact Report. National Council for Mental Wellbeing. May 2021. https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/052421_CCBHC_ImpactReport_2021.pdf?daf=375ateTbd56.
Mental wellness benefits discussed herein are provided by Spring Care, Inc., d/b/a Spring Health (“Spring Health”), 60 Madison Avenue, Floor 2, New York, NY 10010. Spring Health is not an insurance benefit. Insured products are offered by The Guardian Life Insurance Company, New York, N.Y. (“Guardian”) which has a financial interest in Spring Health.
