Mercer and Rethink Benefits Announce Alliance
01 April 2016 - 12:01AM
Business Wire
Mercer and Rethink Benefits Alliance Helps
Employers Deliver Key Tools and Resources to Better Support
Employees Caring for Children with Disabilities
Mercer announces today that it has formed an alliance with
Rethink Benefits to provide employers and their working parent
workforce with tools and resources to care for children with
developmental disabilities such as autism. This alliance brings
together Mercer's world class health benefits consulting
capabilities and market reach with Rethink's pioneering health
technology and evidence-based clinical guidance platform.
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“One out of six children in the US is diagnosed with a
developmental disability,1" said Dr. David Kaplan, Senior Partner
and Leader of Mercer’s Health Innovation LABS. "Clearly, the
problems surrounding support for our clients and their employees
are real and growing. Parents raising children with developmental
disabilities have greater levels of anxiety and depression,
experience increased absenteeism and work limitations, and face up
to twice the health care costs for their children. These issues go
beyond the medical expenditures tied to treatment therapies and
gaps in care and speak to the emotional and physical toll on
working parents who want their children to be happy and healthy.
Rethink’s program is a groundbreaking solution that can help our
clients support their working parents and families.”
“It is an epidemic," agrees Daniel Etra, Rethink's Chief
Executive Officer. “The unprecedented increase in the number of
children with developmental disabilities such as autism creates a
significant and heavy burden on their working parents, and those
unique challenges they face follow them into the workplace.
Rethink's scalable program helps corporations effectively and
affordably support these employees, improving productivity and
enhancing workplace culture. With Rethink, employers can also open
the door to a community of experts and peers for employees who all
too often feel they must struggle alone and in silence."
An award-winning, integrated, online family-support solution
developed by nationally recognized experts in disability care,
Rethink offers members access to a comprehensive video-based
treatment program, sophisticated behavior intervention planning
tools, training for caregivers, individualized assessments, online
skills-based activities and access to remote, clinician-led
consultation for personalized treatment guidance and care. Its
robust case management and data analytics capabilities
automatically generate data-based reports tracking all
interactions, from caregiver utilization to individual progress.
Prior to their formal alliance, Mercer and Rethink have worked
together on a number of client engagements, ranging from small
employers to Fortune 100 companies.
Mercer's alliance with Rethink represents one of the innovative
solutions brought to market by its Health Innovation LABS
team. The Mercer LABS team continuously researches the health
care landscape to evaluate emerging trends and identify promising
solutions. The LABS team engages with state-of-the-art companies
like Rethink to accelerate the development of their ideas and test
them with forward-thinking employers. The work helps employers
navigate the rapidly changing healthcare environment, launch
clinically-impactful programs and improve the health of their
employees and families.
To learn more, please join Mercer and Rethink on April 19th,
from 1:00 to 1:45 PM EST for a special Autism Awareness Month
themed webinar event that asks: “Are you doing enough to support
your employees who are caring for a child with special needs?” –
hosted by Rethink’s clinical expert and Board Certified Behavior
Analyst Dr. Patricia Wright and Mercer’s Dr. David Kaplan,
Pediatrician, Senior Partner and leader of the Mercer Health
Innovation LABS. The webinar will cover:
- How to think about childhood
developmental diseases and its impact on a company
- The life-long impact on employees who
are caring for a child with special needs
- De-stigmatizing care and increasing
awareness
- Delivering innovative solutions to
holistically supporting this growing need
Register here: http://go.rethinkfirst.com/Mercer
About Mercer
Mercer is a global consulting leader in talent, health,
retirement and investments. Mercer helps clients around the world
advance the health, wealth and performance of their most vital
asset – their people. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based
in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 140 countries. Mercer
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies
(NYSE: MMC), a global professional services firm offering clients
advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and people.
With 60,000 employees worldwide and annual revenue exceeding $13
billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies is also the parent company
of Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management;
Guy Carpenter, a leader in providing risk and reinsurance
intermediary services; and Oliver Wyman, a leader in management
consulting. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. Follow
Mercer on Twitter @Mercer.
About Rethink
Rethink is a leading global health technology provider of
research-based resources and tools to inspire and empower
individuals with developmental disabilities and those who support
them. Developed by nationally recognized experts in the field,
Rethink’s award-winning online solution features a comprehensive
video-based treatment program, sophisticated behavior intervention
planning tools, training for caregivers, individualized
assessments, and online skills-based activities for individuals
tied to the program. Access to remote clinician-led consultations
offers personalized treatment guidance and care support, and
automatically generated data-based reports that track everything
from caregiver utilization to individual progress offer robust case
management and data analytics capabilities. The Rethink platform is
used by Fortune 500 companies, school districts, government
agencies, public and private behavioral health providers, and
families caring for individuals with developmental disabilities
worldwide. For more information, visit www.rethinkbenefits.com.
1 CDC Developmental Disabilities Trends Report, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/facts.html
Ganz, M. L. (2007). The lifetime distribution of the incremental
societal costs of autism. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent
Medicine, 161, 343-349.
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MercerBruce Lee, 212-345-0553bruce.lee@mercer.comorRethink
BenefitsMike Civello, 917-414-9347mike@rethinkbenefits.com
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