Bend the Trend: Lower Healthcare Costs by Supporting Mental Health
May 12 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What if investing in your employees’ mental health saved your company more than it cost?
Stress takes a toll on both employees and employers, fueling turnover, disengagement, absenteeism, and higher healthcare spend. But even small actions, like normalizing conversations or piloting a single support resource, can deliver measurable impact.
In this session, you’ll learn how to review workplace data to spot stress points, engage employees in mental health initiatives, and design strategies that build healthier, more resilient teams.
Healthier minds mean healthier bottom lines. Join us to discover how supporting mental health can bend your healthcare cost curve.
CE credits for SHRM, HRCI, and OCI have been applied for.
Speakers:
QUEST Counseling and Consultation Center
Rich Derks
Rich is Co-Owner and Business Director for one of The…
The Alliance
Bobbie Jo Aue
Bobbie Jo Aue joined The Alliance in 2021 and serves…
QUEST Counseling and Consultation Center
Rich Derks
Rich is Co-Owner and Business Director for one of The Alliance’s largest mental health practices in Wisconsin. Rich’s degrees include an MBA in Marketing and a BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Prior to launching QUEST Counseling in 2018, Rich had a long career in multiple industries including electronics, industrial distribution, management consulting, and medical device manufacturing. He started his career as an engineer before progressing through various management roles in Operations, I/T, Marketing, Field Services, and Executive Management–including Vice President at Johnson Health Tech in Madison, WI and Division President at Medline in the Chicago area.
Rich is passionate about continuous improvement in the mental health industry; and he enjoys helping organizations with their mental health and wellbeing programs.
The Alliance
Bobbie Jo Aue
Bobbie Jo Aue joined The Alliance in 2021 and serves as Director of Employer Strategy and Product Development where she uses her wealth of experience in network design, implementation, and analysis to better service employer-members and their brokers. Bobbie Jo comes from UMR where she held the role of Director of Customer Solutions – Networks for over 11 years. Other previous positions include Network Administrator/ Contract Manager roles at UMR, Security Health Plan, and Fiserv Health.
